The Sumter County Does

Criminology

Emash Digital

True Crime

4.7 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In August 1976, two bodies, one male and one female, were found off the side of the road east of Sumter, South Carolina. Neither of the bodies had any identification with them. Police determined that both individuals had been shot to death. They had very little evidence to use to solve the two most crucial questions in this case. Who were the two victims, and who was responsible for their murders? Join Mike and Morf as they discuss these two individuals who became known collectively as the Sumter County Does, and individually as Jock and Jane Doe. Police tried everything they could to identify the pair, including publishing dental charts in the hopes their dentists may recognize the information. It took more than 40 years before genetic genealogy determined the pair as James Freund and Pamela Buckley. But, would the police be able to find their killer or killers now that they knew their identities? You can help support the show at patreon.com/criminology An Emash Digital Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics.
0:05.9	Listener Discussion is advised.
0:35.9	Hello everyone and welcome to episode 145 of the Criminology podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson.
0:43.3	And this is Mike Morford. Mr. Morford, what is going on with you brother?
0:47.5	Not much. Just trying to stay warm. It's a little bit chilly today and...
0:51.1	Oh, I'm used to that heat. Don't give me that. It is 26 degrees where I am. I do not want to hear.
0:58.0	It's a little chilly. I like to raise my friends up north. I miss... believe it or not. I do miss
1:05.5	the snow and being in that little bit of environment. But I'll take the heat and the sun any time
1:12.8	over that. Sorry. Yeah, the way I figured it, you miss seeing the snow but you don't miss dealing
1:18.6	with the snow. It is what I always think of how people must feel when they move from the north
1:24.9	down into warmer climates. Yeah, that's a good way to say it. Looking at it's one thing but
1:29.8	being in it totally something different. Let's go ahead and give our Patreon shout outs before
1:35.3	we jump into this episode. We had Donna, Sam and Anthony, Rabino, Casey, Aspenwall and James
1:44.8	Harrington. So some great new support. We really appreciate that. Yeah, thank you so much. That really
1:50.7	goes a long way to helping the show. And if there's anyone out there that would like to support
1:54.8	criminology, they can do so by going to patreon.com slash criminology. All right, buddy. Let's jump right
2:01.0	in in this episode. We are discussing the murders of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in
2:08.1	Sumter County, South Carolina. Please have their work cut out for them and trying to find out who
2:14.5	had killed these people. And I think really just as much of a challenge trying to figure out who the
2:21.3	two victims were because they had no identification on them. The mystery of who this couple was,
2:29.5	stumped investigators for over four decades until they were finally identified using genetic genealogy.
2:37.4	On August 9, 1976 at 6.20am, about 25 miles east of Sumter South Carolina, a truck driver spotted
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