South Carolina

18,144 murders reported in South Carolina from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 88%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Susan Smith
1994 · Union, South Carolina
SingleConvicted2 victims
On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith let her car roll into John D.
Charleston church shooting
2015 · Charleston, South Carolina
MassConvicted9 victims
On the evening of June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old white supremacist, Dylann Roof, joined a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and then opened fire, killing nine Black…
Donald Gaskins
1970–1982 · Florence County, South Carolina
SerialExecuted13 victims
Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins killed at least a dozen people in eastern South Carolina in the 1970s, many of them relatives, acquaintances and associates, burying several near his home in Prospect, Florence County.