State Constable Robert Lee Bailey, 67, was killed after a traffic stop in Lincolnville, South Carolina, on the night of May 14, 2007. A 43-year law enforcement veteran assisting the small Lincolnville Police Department stopped a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice on Greenwood Street. A struggle followed and Bailey was shot multiple times. His cap, two pistols, shell casings, and a large amount of blood were left at the scene; his body and patrol car were taken. About an hour later the squad car was found burning roughly five miles away.

After five days of searching, officers located Bailey’s body in a shallow grave in Orangeburg County, about 50 miles from where he was last seen. Authorities arrested five people in connection with the incident; two occupants of the Caprice were charged with murder and three others were charged as accessories after the fact in moving and concealing the body and burning vehicles. If anyone has information about the stop on Greenwood Street that night or about the Caprice, please come forward.