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Walking with Stephen

Sat July 12, 2025 Directions

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3.2 Mile Memorial Walk Honoring Stephen Smith & His Mom Sandy

$10 8:00AM EDT - 9:00AM EDT Price increases after June 12, 2025 at 11:59pm EDT

Place

We'll gather at
GOODING CEMETARY
4295 County Rd S-25-14
Hampton, SC US 29924

Walk To Stephen's Crime Scene
5422 Sandy Run Rd

And Return To Gooding Cemetery
4295 County Rd S-25-14

Description

Join us in celebrating the Life of Stephen Smith and pushing for answers in his 2015 unsolved homicide.  Through this event, we aim to find answers in his death, give a voice to all victims of violence and support Stephen's Scholarship fund. Stephen is one name of many whose story is left unclear because the system is unable to find the answers or unwilling to share them.

To do the work on our own is an immense burden but together we can make truth known. 

The memorial Walk will begin at Gooding Cemetery walk roughly a mile to Stephen's crime scene where he was found dead July 8th, 2015.  We'll return to the Cemetery for refreshments, a Celebration of Life and call to action so the Voices of these Victims can be heard and our mission visible to media and those with information as to how Stephen died. 

Join Us for the Walk In Person on July 12th starting at 8am. The group will stay together under police escort and the walk will take less then 1 hour. Attendees will receive a memorial challenge coin, enjoy some of Stephen's favorite food as a refreshment after the walk and enjoy a beautiful and uplifting morning. 

Join us virtually and receive an embossed letter from Sandy, the challenge coin and we encourage you to walk where you are in memory of Stephen or a Voice in your life that needs to be heard. Share a photo and a story with us to share and be encouraged. 

Prior to the walk, we'll also share a link to a special podcast that will explain Stephen's story and how we got to 10 years without answers.  To learn the whole story (or at least as much is known) we encourage you to click these links.

 

True Sunlight Podcast: Who Killed Stephen Smith - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GI4ezkrlQorzy2HuyiGsu?si=SpM7td9JSRqzSayeixPsSQ

Justice For Stephen GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/independent-exhumation-and-autopsy

CBS' 48 Hours on Stephen Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qqS_gFBKvs

StephenSmithScholarship.com

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Directions

We'll gather at
GOODING CEMETARY
4295 County Rd S-25-14
Hampton, SC US 29924

Walk To Stephen's Crime Scene
5422 Sandy Run Rd

And Return To Gooding Cemetery
4295 County Rd S-25-14

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