Silent witness ceremony honored 2020 victims of fatal domestic violence
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Silent Witness Ceremony Honored 2020 Victims of Fatal Domestic Violence

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October 6, 2021

Ceremony Held During National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Attorney General Alan Wilson led participants through the 24th annual Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony that was held today on the South Carolina State Capitol Complex in Columbia.

During the solemn ceremony, Attorney General Wilson called the names of 24 women and 15 men from across the state who lost their lives as the result of domestic violence in the previous year.

Family members carried a life-sized silhouette representing victims to the State House steps as a bell was rung for each victim. An additional 40th silhouette represented the potential unknown victims.

“This is a sad and solemn occasion to commemorate the lives that were lost in the past year to
domestic violence,” said Wilson.

“We must keep in mind that domestic violence affects people from all walks of life and we must work hard to break the cycle of abuse by understanding how violence impacts our community individually and collectively across the lifespan.”

The Honorable Alan Wilson, First Lady Peggy McMaster, Representative Ivory Thigpen, religious leaders and other community members made special remarks to highlight the problem of violence against women.

A statistical breakdown for each county is available at http://www.scag.gov/criminal-domestic-violence-in-south-carolina.

 

2021 SILENT WITNESS VICTIMS

Thembi Chalmers
43 years old
Aiken County

Jacquline Stevens
29 years old
Aiken County

Breanna Fludd
29 years old
Calhoun County

Shanta Singleton
37 years old
Calhoun County

Christopher Brown
32 years old
Charleston County

Pamela Coleman
58 years old
Charleston County

Olivia Goff
35 years old
Charleston County

Jennifer Grant
36 years old
Charleston County

Audrey Heyward
55 years old
Charleston County

Alicia Campos Garcia
37 years old
Cherokee County

Kodie Patrick
24 years old
Darlington County

Henry Williamson
50 years old
Dillon County

Christopher Curbeam
49 years old
Fairfield County

Melissa McClain
43 years old
Fairfield County

Jonathan Heiden
30 years old
Florence County

Antwanaza Cason
20 years old
Greenville County

Twana McDaniel
42 years old
Greenville County

Desmond Parks
29 years old
Greenville County

Kamesha Craig
21 years old
Greenwood County

John Logan
25 years old
Greenwood County

Timothy Bellamy
22 years old
Horry County

Brian Brady
47 years old
Horry County

Naomi Jean Morris
84 years old
Horry County

Gregory Rice
46 years old
Horry County

Lisa McCartha
46 years old
Lexington County

Walter Payne, Jr.
69 years old
Lexington County

Patricia Smerdell
53 years old
Lexington County

Maisha Burch
45 years old
Marion County

Kent Marcengill
52 years old
Oconee County

Heather Brown
28 years old
Orangeburg County

John Hubbard
33 years old
Orangeburg County

David Jones
34 years old
Orangeburg County

Kiara Richbow
28 years old
Richland County

Kornell Willis
29 years old
Richland County

Jasper Brian
62 years old
Spartanburg County

Ebony Canty
35 years old
Sumter County

Sharekia Johnson
42 years old
York County

Miranda Sturgill-Nivens
29 years old
York County

Julie Taylor
48 years old
York County
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