SC SC- Woman, attacked in parking lot, forced into building & sexually assaulted, Myrtle Beach, Nov., 2006, DNA- Randy Barnhill, 60, *Arrested, 2025*.

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A 2006 Sexual Assault Suspect is Now Identified

Horry County Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify the Suspect in a 2006 Sexual Assaultlice Department Teams with Othram to Identify Suspect in 2006 Sexual Assault

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''In November 2006, a woman was sexually assaulted by an unknown man in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina. The victim was working after-hours at a local business when a man she did not know attacked her in the parking lot and forced her inside a building. Once inside the building, the woman was sexually assaulted by the man. The Horry County Police Department responded, launching an investigation and the collection of evidence.

DNA evidence was collected and an STR profile was developed for the unknown suspect. The STR profile was uploaded to CODIS, but no match was found to any known individual. However, the profile did match to multiple other unsolved crime scene profiles that had been previously submitted to CODIS, linking the suspect to several unrelated crimes, though their identity remained unknown.''

''Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted by the law enforcement agency, which led investigators to identify the suspect as 60-year-old Randy Barnhill of Conway, South Carolina. Barnhill was arrested and on September 30, 2025, he pleaded guilty to rape, kidnapping, and burglary. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.''

 

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There were 5 other rapes linked to him. I wonder about about a few other Horry County cold cases. I think more will come out, he was pretty quick to plead.

 

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Jul 6, 2022 #MyrtleBeach #WPDE #ABC15News
''An Horry County man has been charged in five sexual assault cold cases from 2000 to 2006, and additional charges in numerous other cases are pending, according to a release from the Horry County Police Department.Randy Earl Barnhill, 56, of Conway, currently faces 13 charges, including multiple counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, first degree and second degree assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, burglary, and exposure of private parts in a lewd and lascivious manner.These case developments come after scientific evidence and advances in technology provided the Horry County Police Department with a new lead in a 2006 sexual assault investigation, their released detailed.Barnhill was identified as the suspect in late May 2022, and arrested by HCPD on June 9, 2022, and initially charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and second degree burglary in connection with the 2006 case.Further investigation and evaluation by both HCPD and the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) indicate that Barnhill was also the suspect in four other cases with sexually-based offenses that occurred between 2000 and 2005. Warrants for the additional four cases were served on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.Read full story here: https://wpde.com/news/local/randy-ear...''