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DNA Identifies Beaufort Boy Who Disappeared in1972

DNA Identifies Beaufort Boy Who Disappeared in1972

A lowcountry family is finally getting some answers about a 13-year-old brother and son who disappeared more than 30 years ago. Until now the family didn't even know for sure if Michael Akey was dead or alive, but DNA evidence shows remains buried in the Beaufort National Cemetery are Michael's.

Kelly Williams watched as her brother's coffin was removed from a grave in the Beaufort National Cemetery back in August and sent to an FBI lab. At the time, she wasn't sure if the remains belonged to her brother, Michael Akey. This week she found out DNA shows the boy's bones found on Lady's Island in 1978 and buried at the cemetery are Michael’s.


~more at link~
 
Thanks Gingersnap.
 
It is hard to tell for sure, but it looks as though they had always thought that the remains were her brothers, but didn't know for sure. One thing I wonder about. Sister seems fairly sure that the 13 year old was killed in an accident with the two friends and that they lied about it, though their story was that he got into a car with a white man in his 20's. Also, though they set off (on foot?) to a local watermelon patch, yet the boy's body was found on Lady's Island, I wonder how far away that was and could the boys have gotten there on foot?
 
From the link.

Michael Steven Akey (1972): On June 24, 1972, 14-year-old Michael Steven Akey was reportedly abducted by an unknown white male subject driving a 1962-63 four-door Chevrolet near a watermelon patch at Trammell’s Market (In 1972, Trammell’s Market was located in the area of Joe Frazier Road and Godwin Road) in Burton. At the time of the abduction, he was in the company of two juvenile friends and all three were hitching and caught a ride with the subject. While two were stealing watermelons, the subject drove off with Akey in the vehicle. Akey was not seen alive again. The juvenile witnesses were unable to provide the identity of the subject.
 
A new article on this case, 45 years since Michael went missing....

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article158206814.html
This teen was abducted from Burton in 1972. His remains were found near Whitehall Plantation. But who killed him?

By Graham Cawthon

More than 40 years have passed since 14-year-old Michael Steven Akey went missing near Burton.

The date was June 24, 1972 when Akey and two friends went hitchhiking and caught a ride with a man driving a early 1960s model Chevrolet. According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, as the two friends were stealing watermelons from Trammell’s Market, near Joe Frazier Road and Godwin Road, the driver sped off with Akey still in the car.

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is there any mention on the cause of death anywhere?
 
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office still investigating 46 year old case of missing 14-year-old boy

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Sorry, nothing new just spotted this article today and was hoping it was an update. Here now- so consider it a bump and know that LE are still keeping this case in the public eye.
Deputies search for clues in 48-year-old killing of teen
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Deputies say Michael Steven Akey was abducted on June 24,1972. His skeletal remains were found in 1978. (Source: Beaufort County Sheriff's Office)
''Michael Steven Akey, 14, was reportedly abducted by an unknown man on June 24, 1972, near a watermelon patch in the Burton area of Beaufort County.

Deputies say that at the time Akey was taken, he was in the company of two of his friends and all three were hitching a ride. They caught a ride with a man driving a 1962 or 1963 four-door Chevrolet.

Investigators say while two of the boys were stealing watermelons, the driver took off with Akey in the car. The boy was never seen alive again.''

''After 48 years, deputies say any detail about the case, no matter how insignificant it may seem, could provide a missing link they have been waiting for.


If you have any information on Akey’s disappearance or killing, contact Maj. Bob Bromage at 843-255-3402 or 843-816-8013. You can also call Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.''


 
mysteriew said:
It is hard to tell for sure, but it looks as though they had always thought that the remains were her brothers, but didn't know for sure. One thing I wonder about. Sister seems fairly sure that the 13 year old was killed in an accident with the two friends and that they lied about it, though their story was that he got into a car with a white man in his 20's. Also, though they set off (on foot?) to a local watermelon patch, yet the boy's body was found on Lady's Island, I wonder how far away that was and could the boys have gotten there on foot?
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It's interesting if the sister had questions about the friends. I wonder why. But for them to go from Burton to Lady's Island, that's a 5-mile trip at least. Someone still would have given them a lift, but then the two boys would have been seen in that area.

If they went running from the watermelon patch in Burton to report a guy kidnapping their friend, there's no evidence to show how Akey would have ended up near a former plantation 5 miles away across a waterway if the boys were still in Burton when they reported the incident. If the boys were gone all day long and only that night reported him missing, I'd have questions. But it doesn't sound like any evidence points to them.
 
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