Identified! Mystery couple murdered in South Carolina, 1976 - Pamela Buckley & James P Freund #8

[Bit of hope]

 

[AliceInPain]

I don't know how to tell my friends this Please help haha.

 

[ntt1]

There are a few estate notices in a Lancaster, PA newspaper seeking out James P Freund/information related to his death on Newspapers.com in the 1980s.

 

[orchidaceaes]

Did James have a NAMUS page?

i didn't find one on namus. is there a state missing persons database for pennsylvania?

 

[Susikatze]

So the Jacques/Jock was a red herring. Only thing that proved correct were his initials.

Sometimes, everything is so much more simple. A young man from Pennsylvania, probably of some Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry (judging from the last name) who was into contact sports and a young woman from Colorado, beauty queen and successful country music singer... tied together in fate

I cant wait to find out more about them.

 

[Claireishere]

The sheriff did refer to him as Jim at one point

 

[AliceInPain]

I don't know how to tell my friends this Please help haha.

 

[Kikalina]

I really wish I knew how to share pictures so I could post the Ancestry pics I found lol

ETA: share from phone

 

[Susikatze]

The sheriff did refer to him as Jim at one point

Some James go by Jim.

 

[samoth19]

James Freund, from lancaster, born 1946.....same as what sheriff said...looks kind alike him but he looks so clean cut here

 

[Daphne1972]

So the Jacques/Jock was a red herring. Only thing that proved correct were his initials.

Sometimes, everything is so much more simple. A young man from Pennsylvania, probably of some Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry (judging from the last name) who was into contact sports and a young woman from Colorado, beauty queen and successful country music singer... tied together in fate

I cant wait to find out more about them.

German! Not Dutch

 

[taramarie]

news articles

 

[Archounek]

Could this be James's father? Adam Freund (1917-1966) - Find A Grave Memorial
That would point indeed to German ancestry.

 

[Susikatze]

I really wish I knew how to share pictures so I could post the Ancestry pics I found lol

ETA: share from phone

You can by sharing the image url. But some ppl on here can help you with that i am sure.

 

[taramarie]

another photo

 

[wary]

I know everyone’s excited, but we shouldn’t be posting pictures of people who might be alive. It’s a pretty common name, any place where there’s German ancestry.

 

[Daphne1972]

news articles

He was married!

 

[Susikatze]

Could this be James's father? Adam Freund (1917-1966) - Find A Grave Memorial
That would point indeed to German ancestry.

He has a definite German or Jewish last name. Jewish is ruled out by his gedmatch profile. He is likely of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry which is German. His Gedmatch showed a strong Anglo component. I guess his paternal line is German and everybody else British Isles descent American.

 

[samoth19]

another pic from yearbook

 

[Susikatze]

He was married!

She was, too! Wild wild times