Silent Witness Ceremony Honored 2020 Victims of Fatal Domestic Violence

Ceremony Held During National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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

During the solemn ceremony, Attorney General Wilson called the names of twenty-four (24) women and fifteen (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 fortieth (40) 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 Parks29 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