Original newspaper items/articles

[Joyce Josette]

I'm trying to find Charleston News & Courier/Charleston Evening Post archives to see if I can find anything on the murders. Will update.

 

[Wondergirl]

mayfairlight, Thank You for the newspaper articles.
I noticed one article was from a Akin S.C. paper that is about a 100 miles away from the murders and (ONE) 1 year and 2 days (Aug. 1977) after the murders.

The other 2 articles was from High Point, N.C., 180 miles away...2 weeks to a month After the murders in 1976

I still have a question as to, Where are any S.C. papers reporting/describing these 2 brutal murders in Aug. 1976???

Are these all the articles on the murders you could find?
I right- clicked the articles to make them large enough to read...thanks again for your good work and research!

I have only read one of the articles and have already learned a little more about our Jock.

The following is the new information I found important.
Sumter dentist that checked Jocks mouth and teeth say He was in the process of having a "complete mouth restoration", with several Thousand Dollars $$
worth of root canals, tooth caps and bridge work.
The Dentist say the job was about half finished..

With Jock's mouth/teeth restoration only half complete, would Jock not been returning to have the job completed?
A Dentist, that did this excellent work, should remember this young man with his neat shoulder length hair...and question WHY Jock didn't return.

Our Mystery couple was buried on a Sunday in a Methodist Cemetery in Oswego, a small town north of Sumter..

I'm wondering if Jock's father was a Dr of DENTISTRY???

He had to be a hockey player with so many damaged teeth and athletic scars at such a young age.

But then again - if he was from a wealthy family or his father a Dentist, then why did his teeth get so detiorarated in the first place?

Was his ring a school or athletic ring?

 

[Wondergirl]

I don't think I posted this before...

edit: it was published January 1977

This article says that the gun found was linked to the bullets found in ONE of the victims.

That's odd.

 

[Wondergirl]

This old article has an accompanying picture of the crime scene.

It shows a Detective making tire tread castings from the tread marks left at the murder scene.

Have the type of tires and what sort of vehicle they would go on, ever been released?

https://news.google.com/newspapers?...&pg=1940,4395151&dq=unidentified+bodies&hl=en

 

[Roselvr]

I'm wondering if Jock's father was a Dr of DENTISTRY???

He had to be a hockey player with so many damaged teeth and athletic scars at such a young age.

But then again - if he was from a wealthy family or his father a Dentist, then why did his teeth get so detiorarated in the first place?

Was his ring a school or athletic ring?

The ring is a star sapphire, they were popular back then; my dad had one.

This old article has an accompanying picture of the crime scene.

It shows a Detective making tire tread castings from the tread marks left at the murder scene.

Have the type of tires and what sort of vehicle they would go on, ever been released?

https://news.google.com/newspapers?...&pg=1940,4395151&dq=unidentified+bodies&hl=en

Great find!

.

 

[Wondergirl]

The ring is a star sapphire, they were popular back then; my dad had one.

Great find!

.

Why hasn't LE released any information about the tire tracks?

This case needs all the help it can get.

 

[Roselvr]

Why hasn't LE released any information about the tire tracks?

This case needs all the help it can get.

I think it's sitting in a box somewhere

 

[Wondergirl]

I think it's sitting in a box somewhere

You are probably right abs they need to get the damn box out!

 

[information junkie]

"I know who they are, and 1976 is not the year they died."
I just happened to notice this quote from a post. What does that mean? If they died prior to 1976, would it be possible to preserve the bodies and dump them in 1976 as in using a freezer? Wouldn't the coroner have noticed if this happened? Strange!

 

[T rex]

Clipping from The Item - Newspapers.com

 

[T rex]

According to this clipping from The Item, August 21 1986, page 1B the type of vehicle at the murder scene was believed to have been a van or station wagon.


Clipping from The Item - Newspapers.com

 

[T rex]

The autopsies were performed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

The Item
August 10 1976
Page 1


Medical University of South Carolina - Wikipedia

 

[T rex]

George Henry charged with filing the serial numbers off the murder weapon.

The Item
February 11 1980
Page 17

Clipping from The Item - Newspapers.com

 

[T rex]

The following was originally posted by @IndieCindy
Mystery couple murdered in South Carolina 1976 - #6
Page 95, post #1892

* There is a discrepancy in the names.

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/88a7a36c-ba50-4fa9-b110-952dff3239e2-jpeg.202759/

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/49f35644-a3ce-4aef-b955-6b3e5d101f02-jpeg.202758/

 

[T rex]

Investigators go to N.C. to question George Henry and check abandoned vehicles in the Wadesboro area.

The Item
January 31 1977
Page 2


Clipping from The Item - Newspapers.com

 

[T rex]

The autopsies were performed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

The Item
August 10 1976
Page 1


Medical University of South Carolina - Wikipedia

The Item 10 Aug 1976, page 2 - The Sumter Item Archive

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Item dated 10 Aug 1976, page 2.

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