Sumter County Jane and Jock Doe/Unidentified Persons (Sumter County Sheriff)
| Multi Request | Sumter County Jane and Jock Doe/Unidentified Persons |
| Submitted | Nov. 8, 2020 |
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From: L E Norton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the South Carolina Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
I am writing to request all publicly available documents, including incident and coroner reports, relating to to the double-homicide/unidentified persons' case popularly known as "The Sumter County Does" -- dating to August 9, 1976. They were discovered, shot to death, near I-95 in the early morning hours. It is speculated they were travelers, possibly from Canada.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 15 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
L E Norton
From: Sumter County Sheriff
Your FOIA request has been forwarded to me for response. You will be advised of the initial determination of the availability of these records on or before December 10, 2020. See S.C. Code Sec. 30-4-30(C) which allows 20 business days (weekends and holidays are excluded) to make the initial notification for records more than 24 months old. We anticipate, however, that you will receive an initial response well before the due date.
Kathy L. Ward
General Counsel
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
1281 North Main Street
P.O. Box 430
Sumter, SC 29151
803-774-3887
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following South Carolina Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 8, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Sumter County Sheriff
We received a follow-up request from you today regarding this matter. Please see the response below that had previously been emailed to you on November 9, 2020. The statutory response time is referenced in the email below. Due to the large size of the requested files, however, you may wish to call me to discuss possible arrangements which would allow you to view the applicable records on-site before requesting copies. This would likely result in considerable cost savings to you.
Kathy L. Ward
General Counsel
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
1281 North Main Street
P.O. Box 430
Sumter, SC 29151
803-774-3887
(PLEASE USE POST OFFICE BOX FOR ALL USPS MAILINGS)
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender, therefore, does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version.
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From: Sumter County Sheriff
Please check your email from earlier today as well as from November 9, 2020 to see previous responses.
Kathy L. Ward
General Counsel
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
1281 North Main Street
P.O. Box 430
Sumter, SC 29151
803-774-3887
(PLEASE USE POST OFFICE BOX FOR ALL USPS MAILINGS)
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender, therefore, does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version.