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Who Killed Carolyn Potter

The unsolved homicide of Carolyn Potter still looms over the northern South Carolina town of Campobello like a blanket of thick fog from the nearby mountains. Life moves a little slower around the mountain town, and in the early 1980s, someone being murdered was unthinkable. The Potters had recently relocated from North Carolina to South…

2003 Standoff in Abbeville, South Carolina

On December 8, 2003, a daylong standoff in Abbeville, South Carolina, ended with the arrests of Arthur, Rita, and Steven Bixby, which resulted in the deaths of two law enforcement officers. During the ordeal, the Bixbys, Arthur and Steven, stationed themselves at the house’s windows and shot at anyone who approached the residence. Tensions began…

The 2019 Case of Samantha Josephson

Samantha Josephson was a 21-year-old senior at the University of South Carolina. After a night out with friends in Five Points, a popular nightlife district in downtown Columbia, she got into a vehicle that she mistakenly thought was her Uber, around 2:00 a.m. on March 29, 2019. That would be the last time that Samantha…

Cold Case of Natasha Warren

23-year-old Natasha Warren was found murdered on an I-26 exit ramp in August 2008 in Richland County, South Carolina. Reportedly, Warren had just graduated from college and wanted to be a medical office assistant. She was also a mother of two young boys at the time. On that night, Natasha Warren was driving to work…

The Cold Case of Malakia “Kia” Logan

Malakia “Kia” Logan’s life ended tragically at just eight years old, when she mysteriously vanished from a park near her apartment in Greenwood, South Carolina, on May 15, 1988. The case seemed to be heading in the right direction within that vital first 48 hours, but things slowed. Unfortunately, Kia’s remains were found two years…

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