Identified! SC- Choppee, skeletal remains of man and woman found in shallow grave, Feb 2023 - Melvin Wise and Andrene Stewart

[DS2021]

The skeletal remains of man and woman have been found in a shallow grave in Georgetown County

Skeletal remains recovered from shallow grave in Georgetown County, officials say

The incident is being investigated as a double homicide.

www.wmbfnews.com

 

[DS2021]

Elizabeth Calvert and her husband John appear to be the most recent missing couple in South Carolina

Elizabeth W. Calvert – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

 

[katydid23]

Elizabeth Calvert and her husband John appear to be the most recent missing couple in South Carolina

Elizabeth W. Calvert – The Charley Project

charleyproject.org

[Gerwing was prime suspect in their presumed murder]

"Gerwing purchased latex gloves and three large, heavyweight drop cloths after his meeting with the Calverts. When investigators searched his home, they found the holster for his .22 caliber Beretta pistol, but not the gun itself. Authorities consider him the prime suspect in the Calverts' disappearances. They think John and Elizabeth's bodies are buried hundreds of miles from Hilton Head, possibly along a dirt road.

The Calverts married in 1988. They are childless and seemed to have a good marriage. Both of them were declared legally dead in November 2009. Foul play is suspected in their disappearances, which remain unsolved."

So police think they were shot by a 22 caliber and then buried alongside a dirt road hundreds of miles from Hilton Head.
I wonder if there are bullets holes visible in the skeletal remains?

It seems the distance from Hilton Head to the remains are about 170 miles away.

 

[DS2021]

Margie Shaw Boone and her boyfriend Hoyle Smith are missing from Sanford NC. Their killer has been convicted in both of their murders despite the bodies not being found. He claims he buried them in the woods near his house in Spring Lake, roughly 140 miles north of Choppee SC.

Margie Shaw Boone – The Charley Project

I doubt this is a match, but I'm not finding a ton of missing couples in the Carolinas, so I think it's worth looking into.

 

[dotr]

Margie Shaw Boone and her boyfriend Hoyle Smith are missing from Sanford NC. Their killer has been convicted in both of their murders despite the bodies not being found. He claims he buried them in the woods near his house in Spring Lake, roughly 140 miles north of Choppee SC.

Margie Shaw Boone – The Charley Project

I doubt this is a match, but I'm not finding a ton of missing couples in the Carolinas, so I think it's worth looking into.

This thread also linked on breaking news thread..

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[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

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The remains were found by a group of hunters in a shallow grave in a wooded area off Whitmire Road in the Choppee community on Feb. 18.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway identified the victims as Melvin Wise, 57, and Andrene Stewart, 41, both of New York. The coroner’s office says Wise was a former resident of Georgetown County.

Through autopsies, it was determined that both victims died from gunshot wounds, and the manner of death is homicide, Ridgeway said.

The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

 

[dotr]

Noting that one of the two located victims is a male..rbbm

Skeletal remains found in Georgetown Co. shallow grave identified

Skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave by hunters in Georgetown County on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.Coroner Chase Ridgeway of the Geor

abcnews4.com

''Coroner Chase Ridgeway of the Georgetown County Coroner's office has now identified the two victims as Melvin Wise, 57, and Andrene Stewart, 41, both from The Bronx, NY.

The two men both had tattoos that assisted in helping pathologists identify who they were.

Wise was a former resident of Georgetown County, according to reports''.

 

[LouLou74]

Noting that one of the two located victims is a male..rbbm

Skeletal remains found in Georgetown Co. shallow grave identified

Skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave by hunters in Georgetown County on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.Coroner Chase Ridgeway of the Geor

abcnews4.com

''Coroner Chase Ridgeway of the Georgetown County Coroner's office has now identified the two victims as Melvin Wise, 57, and Andrene Stewart, 41, both from The Bronx, NY.

The two men both had tattoos that assisted in helping pathologists identify who they were.

Wise was a former resident of Georgetown County, according to reports''.

If the remains were skeletal, how did they see tattoos?

 

[dotr]

If the remains were skeletal, how did they see tattoos?

Good question!

 

[iulia]

32-year-old man facing charges after skeletal remains found in Georgetown Co.

The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in connection to a double homicide that happened earlier this year.

www.live5news.com

Lavorn Hakeem Johnson, 32, of Georgetown County, is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of desecration of a corpse and two counts of possession of a firearm during a violent crime, Sheriff Carter Weaver announced.

 

[dotr]

If the remains were skeletal, how did they see tattoos?

Beyond the visible spectrum – applying 3D multispectral full-body imaging to the VirtoScan system

Multispectral photography offers a wide range of applications for forensic investigations. It is commonly used to detect latent evidence and to enhance the visibility of findings. Additionally, three-dimensional (3D) full-body documentation has become ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

''UV fluorescence has been applied to detect cryptic skin particles on various materials [55]. NIR photography has the potential to detect and visualize tattoo ink on human skin after advanced decomposition [31, 41, 56–61]. This application has been shown to assist in the successful identification of the deceased [58, 59, 61]. Furthermore, multispectral photography has been used to investigate tattoo modifications and to determine whether tattoos were used to cover older tattoo designs [62, 63]. Additionally, NIR imaging has been shown to improve the visualization of vein patterns in the human body [64–69]. For example, images showing palm vein and palm dorsum vein patterns have been used for biometric verification and human identification [65, 66, 69, 70].''