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November 20, 2023 57 mins
Back in August 1976 two bodies - a man and a woman, would be discovered on the side of interstate 95 in Sumter County South Carolina and would remain unidentified for nearly 44 years after their discovery.

Even though the couple, previous dubbed as Jane and Jock Doe, have been identified as 30-year-old James Paul Freund and 25-year-old Pamela Mae Buckley, both considered American hitckhikers, their connection to each other remains a mystery after all these years.

Listen to Tiffany tell the long-awaited case of the Sumter County Does and how they were finally idenfitied 44 years after their discovery with the help of familial DNA.

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Sources
Identified: Sumter County Does – The Morbid Library & Archive
South Carolina cops solve mystery of unidentified John and Jane Doe | Toronto Sun
https://www.city-data.com/city/Sumter-South-Carolina.html
Who were the Sumter County Does? Couple found shot to death in South Carolina in 1976. : r/UnresolvedMysteries (reddit.com)
Murders of Pamela Buckley and James Freund - Wikipedia
Murder of Pamela Buckley and James Freund - Wikiwand
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