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Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis releases the names of James Paul Freund and Pamela Mae Buckley whose bodies were found shot to death in 1976.
A man and a woman found shot to death just off a South Carolina highway in the US have been identified by DNA after more than 44 years, a sheriff said this week. James Paul Freund was 30 and Pamela Mae Buckley was 25 when a trucker found their bodies in August 1976 on a narrow paved road just off Interstate 95 near Lynchburg, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said. Both hadn t been seen for about eight months before they died, and investigators are still trying to figure out their relationship, Dennis said.
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Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis releases the names of two people found shot to death near Interstate 95 more than 44 years ago at a news conference on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Sumter, S.C. DNA testing helped identify the victims, whose killer has not been found. (Kayla Green/The Item via AP)AP
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By JEFFREY COLLINS, The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A man and a woman found shot to death just off a South Carolina highway have been identified by DNA after more than 44 years, a sheriff said Thursday.