Post by Scumhunter on Jan 8, 2022 2:14:53 GMT -5
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From The Bharat Express News:
reward of $ 10,000 has been offered to help solve a triple murder in the old mill village of Clifton that happened 29 years ago.
On January 9, 1993, the bodies of Thomas Johnson, 81, his wife Mary, 77, and their son David, 43, were found inside their Cedar Street home, victims of multiple beatings. knife.
No arrests were ever made, but over the past year Diane Lestage, a closed cases investigator in Spartanburg County, said she had spoken to many people and evidence was emerging. analysis by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division.
At a press conference Friday at the Second Baptist Church in Clifton – a short walk from where the murders took place – Sheriff Chuck Wright said new technologies today, such as the TBEN analysis can help solve decades-old crimes.
Wright said what is needed now is for witnesses to show up and speak with investigators.
“This family was brutally murdered, and we are going to get answers,” Wright said. “If we have someone in this community that we need to interview that you’re afraid of, I’ll take care of it.”
Longtime pastor David Moore also spoke, recalling that crime has forever changed the once thriving textile factory village of 2,000 people. He said the Johnsons go to church every Sunday.
“Until this day, the community of Clifton has been a very laid back community – no one was shutting down, there was no street light,” Moore said. “That day everything changed.
Clifton has lost his innocence. (The residents) locked the front doors, lights were on in the street. Everyone has spoken. Everyone had an answer.
“Everyone looked at each other with suspicion,” he added. We hoped it wouldn’t be one of us. And we still hope so. Our desire today is that those who are guilty of this horrific crime be brought to justice. “
Among the Johnson relatives attending the press conference were Tammy Dimsdale, a niece of Mary Johnson; and her husband Randy and her son Tommy who was only one year old at the time.
Tammy Dimsdale said they lived half a mile from the Johnsons.
“I saw Clifton change that day,” she said. “It changed the way my son grew up. It’s not normal. You doubt all the time. It absolutely consumes your life. It wasn’t just about losing three family members, it was was about losing confidence, a way of life. “
Wright said the killer may or may not still be in the area. Days after the 1993 crime, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said he doubted the theft was the motive because the house was not searched and there was no breaking in.
But there were signs of a struggle, as all three had broken ribs. Their bodies were found on a bed in a downstairs bedroom where all three were sleeping, and bloodstains were found in the kitchen, in the den and around the phone, and on a chair, said an investigator from the coroner’s office a few days later in 1993.
All are believed to have died within a short time of each other and were repeatedly stabbed with a knife.
Wright said on Friday he believed there were still witnesses in the area who had previously been too reluctant to come forward.
Wright noted that an electronic notice board announcing the award was displayed next to the substation at 875 E. Main St., Spartanburg.
He said the family offered a reward of $ 10,000 for any information leading to the prosecution of the person responsible for the crime. Anyone with information should contact Investigator Lestage at 864-503-4556, or at dlestage@spartanburgcounty.org.
www.thebharatexpressnews.com/spartanburg-family-donate-10000-to-help-solve-triple-homicide-in-community-of-clifton/?amp
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