The Lost Boys - Update
So a few things have happened in the case of James
Allen Crosby and William Edward Huff since my post on February 23, 2020. Most of it you are already aware of.
The Huff family requested that I reach out to the
media to tell their story and so that William Edward Huff, whom they called
Bubba and his friend, James Allen Crosby would not be forgotten. I reached out to several media outlets and I
was contacted by ABC News 4 correspondent Rachel Ellis. She came out to Walterboro and interviewed
the family and myself to talk about the boys.
The day after the interview, the Huff family met
with the Press and Standard and members of the Colleton County Sheriff’s
Office. The Huff family felt that they
were treated well at that meeting and stated that the CCSO was going to look
into the case again and follow up on some information that the Huff family had
given them.
As I continued my research, I was able to find
additional articles, that I had never seen before in papers that were outside
of the County and some were outside of the state. There was additional information in these
articles (shown below) that I was not aware and have offered up some new research
avenues for me to take.
I also took a
different route in trying to find classmates of the boys. After reviewing some more old newspapers I
found the names of students listed on the honor roll during the time the time
the boys would have attended Colleton-Walterboro Junior High School and when they disappeared. The list of names is below. If you are one of these people or know any of
these people, please reach out to me about what you remember about James Allen
Crosby and William Edward Huff and what happened when they disappeared. This would be in 1972-1973. You can reach me at thecoldonestruecrime@gmail.com
or private message me on Facebook. The
smallest detail may hold the key.
Amy Hankerson
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Barbara Ann Brown
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Bonnie Carter
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Brenda Craven
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Charles Tangemann
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Chris Furlong
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Clyde Harrison, Jr.
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Cranny Boensch, Jr.
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Cynthia Hoats
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Derelle Jamison
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Donna Williams
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Donnie Nettles
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Forrest Lohr
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Frances Carmichael
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Jackqueline Dowdy
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Johnnie Smith
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Julie Crosby
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Karen Hollifield
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Kay Beals
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Kenny Rahn
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Linda Beach
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Margaret Griner
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Mary Stewart
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Pamelia (Pamela)
Kinard
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Paula Jackson
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Randall Nettles
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Ricky Benton
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Robert Hiott
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Robert Singleton
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Robin Floyd
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Roger Frick
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Russell Jones
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Sandy Walker
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Sharon Duffie
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Susan Beach
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Susan Nettles
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Tammie Crosby
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Tammy Crosby
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Timmy Beach
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Lynn Sanders
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Jill Searson
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Maria Smith
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When I reached out to the Press and Standard about
this case, they connected me with Rita Shuler.
Ms. Shuler is a retired Special Agent/Supervisor of the Forensic
Photography Unit from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). If you don’t know who Rita Shuler is, you
should. She played a part in solving the
murder of Elaine Fogle, a Walterboro cold case from 1978. She is also an author and has written several
books about cases in South Carolina. Today
I had the complete honor of meeting with her and discussing this case. Our conversation opened some other ideas of
what should be done next to help solve this case and I am excited to pursue
them and excited to work with her further.
I have submitted FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
requests to SLED and the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office. I have heard back from SLED who stated they
are checking their files. I have not
heard anything back from CCSO, but they have twenty (20) days to respond
according to FOIA. Although, I expect not
to receive anything from them, especially if they truly are looking into this
case again.
To some this may not be a huge update, but to me all
of this information is important. It is
important for me to continue looking into this and sharing what I can so people
will keep talking about it and maybe one day it can be solved.
M.
I hope they find out who and why they done it
ReplyDeleteI hate to even say this but it jumped out at me as I read the later articles. Maybe they weren't killed. 14 and 16 was plenty old enough back then to get a hold of serious drugs. Past trauma (Crosby), rampant drug culture, cutting school, maybe wanting to "escape". I was born just a few years after them and, I promise, drugs were very easy to come by. Just a thought
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely a possibility since we have on confirmation how they died, just rumors. That has come across my mind, but everything I have found in my research doesn't point in that direction, but I know teenagers can keep secrets so again, it is a possibility. Thank you for pointing that out!
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