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Morning Cup of Murder

The Unsolved Case of The Sumter Co. Does - August 9 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

August 9th: Sumter County Jane  & John Doe Found(1976) The journey to find a Doe’s identity can be a long one. And it doesn’t always lead to all the answers. On August 9th 1976 a pair of unknown victims were found that would remain Jock and Jane Doe for over 40 years. Their identities, though invaluable to their loved ones, did not help in explaining exactly what happened to them the day of their murders.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Pamela_Buckley_and_James_Freund, https://www.theitem.com/stories/names-of-sumter-countys-1976-john-jane-doe-murder-mystery-released,357953, https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/man-helped-identify-couple-in-cold-case/101-cc057d49-f6d4-4b09-8fbf-a01f910d3e4b, https://wpde.com/news/local/the-lives-of-pamela-buckley-and-james-freund-sumter-countys-1976-jane-and-john-doe, https://medium.com/@csvoll/after-more-than-40-years-the-sumter-county-duo-get-their-identities-5584f9da0359, https://www.kktv.com/2021/01/21/colorado-springs-woman-identified-as-one-victim-in-a-44-year-old-cold-case-out-of-south-carolina/, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird hummus.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

The carpe of murder.

0:14.5

The journey to find a Doe's identity can be a long one, and it doesn't always lead to all the answers. On August 9, 1976,

0:25.1

a pair of unknown victims were found that would remain Jock and Jane Doe for over 40 years. Their

0:32.1

identities, though invaluable to their loved ones, did not help in explaining exactly what happened to them the day of

0:38.9

their murders. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day

0:44.7

with a morning cup of murder. On August 8, 1976, at 6.20 a trucker named Martin Durant stumbled

0:53.7

upon the bodies of a male and female victim in

0:56.6

Sumter County, South Carolina. After contacting an employee at a nearby store, who then called

1:02.4

emergency services, police arrived at the scene and pretty much immediately noted that not only were

1:08.1

both individuals already deceased, but given the gunshot wounds to his chest and her neck, both had likely been murdered.

1:17.4

With no forms of identification, experts did what they could to try and narrow down the details of the Sumter County Does.

1:24.8

The male, who they called jock dough, was believed to be between the ages of

1:29.5

18 and 22, but could possibly be older than 27, according to dental work, was white, but with a

1:35.8

more olive complexion, had brown shoulder-length hair, very distinctive bushy eyebrows,

1:41.6

was over six feet tall and about 150 pounds. And with extensive and

1:46.8

elaborate dental work that looked as though it had been performed outside the U.S., as well as a

1:52.0

14-carat gold ring with a sapphire stall in his finger, with the initials JPF, may have come from a higher

1:59.0

socioeconomic background.

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