How Could You? Hall of Shame-Darryl Martinez Lowry case-Child Death
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From Modoc, South Carolina, foster child, Darryl Martinez Lowry, 13, “was stabbed during a fight and then held underwater until he drowned.”
“Two teenage foster children living in the home of McCormick County Council Chairman Bernie Hamby have been charged in the killing of a 13-year-old temporary foster child , [Darryl]”
“The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged 17-year-old Landen Austin Moore with murder of Daryl Martinez Lowry on Monday. A 16-year-old was also arrested in connection with the killing and was transported to the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice.”
“The McCormick County Sheriff’s Office released a mugshot Wednesday of the suspect with a warrant describing Moore as 6’2″ tall and 180 pounds. Meanwhile, the victim was listed as 5’2” tall and approximately 125 pounds.”
“According to an arrest warrant, the two teens were involved in a physical altercation with Lowry at a boat dock on Beauregard Drive in Modoc during the early morning hours of July 20.
Investigators allege the fight left Lowry with knife lacerations before Moore and the 16-year-old “unlawfully, intentionally, and with malice aforethought” killed him by holding him underwater until he died.
SLED said Moore was booked into the McCormick County Detention Center. The case will be prosecuted by the S.C. Attorney General’s Office.”
“Authorities said Lowry, who was from Chester County, had only recently been placed in Hamby’s home as a temporary foster child while awaiting another placement. Hamby was asleep inside the residence when the killing occurred earlier Monday morning, according to authorities.
Lowry’s body was discovered Monday at the residential dock on Clarks Hill Lake, also known as J. Strom Thurmond Lake, at Hamby’s property in the Modoc Shores community.
Lowry’s body was transported for an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death.”
“Hamby, a longtime McCormick County councilman who serves as council chairman, is known in the community for fostering children. Authorities have not indicated that Hamby is suspected of any wrongdoing.
The McCormick County Sheriff’s Office requested the SLED investigation. The investigation remains active, and additional charges or information could be released as the case continues.
Just over a month before his death, Lowry was the subject of a missing child investigation in Chester County.”
[The Augusta Press 7/22/26 by GREG RICKABAUGH]
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