The Vanished Three
On Friday, April 3, 1987, Sarah
Boyd (32), her daughter Kimberly Boyd (2) and friend Linda McCord (31) attended
a gospel concert in Walterboro, South Carolina.
After leaving the concert, they headed back to their hometown of
Orangeburg, South Carolina, but they never arrived.
Phillip Boyd, Sarah’s husband
and Kimberly’s father, returned home from work around midnight, but did not
find it strange his wife and daughter had not arrived home yet. He assumed that they were with friends or at the
residence of Linda McCord. When they had
not arrived home by 6:00AM, Phillip Boyd contacted police. Linda McCord’s husband also contacted police
when his wife had not arrived home.
Law enforcement was able to
find witnesses who had seen McCord’s vehicle driving down highway 15 going
between 30 and 40 miles per hour with another car following them, but there was no description of the other car or its occupants that I could find.
On April 5, 1987, Linda McCord’s vehicle, a
1977 Lincoln, was found at Wells Crossroads, the intersection of highway 15 and
176 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina by the husband of one of the women and
Captain William Martin with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department. Officers with the Dorchester County Sheriff’s
Department determined the vehicle had been in that location for at least 10
hours or more. They had a witness who
saw the vehicle parked there on Saturday, April 4th, but thought
nothing of it. The vehicle was found by
McCord’s husband on Sunday, April 5th.
It was discovered that the vehicle had been
disabled. According to a report in The
Times and Democrat, “a freeze plug had blown out on the car and it had to have
been running hot.” There was no evidence
of foul play or any evidence that would tell what happened to Sarah Boyd,
Kimberly Boyd and Linda McCord.
Searches were conducted, but
there was no trace of them found anywhere.
However, during one of the searches for the females, three acres of
marijuana fields were discovered worth $20 million. Considering where there car was found, is it
possible that the Sarah, Linda and Kimberly encountered dangerous individuals
involved with the marijuana fields?
1988
A year after their
disappearance people in their community were still wondering what happened to
Sarah Boyd, Kimberly Boyd and Linda McCord.
1990
Three years after the
disappearance Sarah Boyd’s credit card was reportedly used in local mall. However, law enforcement stated that the
signature was illegible, but also confirmed that it was not Sarah’s
writing. They were never able to confirm
who used Sarah Boyd’s credit card in the mall.
2009
While reviewing identified
remains on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s website, someone made the
connection that a body found in 1988 could be that of Kimberly Boyd. The body found was around the correct age and
race. From the artist’s sketch, it also
looked incredibly similar to Kimberly Boyd.
The little girl’s body was found “in a brown baby blanket, placed in a
gym bag, in a cement filled suitcase inside a TV console cabinet.”
I have not been able to find
whether the body was ever tested to determine if it was Kimberly Boyd’s. However, when the connection was made, law enforcement looked into the case
once again. They found out that in 1987,
Phillip Boyd, was working with cement while building roads. He was also working in the South Georgia area
at the time the body of the little girl was discovered. Could he be responsible?
2011
An article was written by
Shirley Greene for The Post and Courier regarding the disappearance of Sarah
and Kimberly Boyd and Linda McCord. The
main content of the article was an interview with Phillip Boyd, who was Sarah
Boyd’s husband at the time she disappeared.
He has since remarried and has another child, although what happened to
his first wife and child, according to the article, still lingers with him today.
Present
Day
It has been 32 years since
anyone last saw Sarah Boyd, Kimberly Boyd, and Linda
McCord. There is still no evidence
as to what exactly happened to them. They vanished without a trace only leaving their family and community with memories and years of wondering where they could be.
M.
Well put together and so much information that Namus or CP didn't have.
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