Oconee Sheriff’s thoughts on latest Tucker Hipps’ anniversary

Another year has passed on the calendar—still without determination why a Clemson student died during an early morning run from campus to the Oconee side of Lake Hartwell.  This has been a week for county Sheriff Mike Crenshaw to explain where the ongoing investigation stands.  Information reward money stands at $100 thousand.  There have been some leads but, so far, they’ve not taken investigators to the point where they can conclude what happened and why.  “We believe someone out there knows what happened”—and that Crenshaw comment references the fact that as many as 27 young men were part of the pre-dawn run eight years ago, in 2014.  The Hipps’ case is not the only unexplained death of a Clemson student whose body was found on the Oconee side of Lake Hartwell.  The investigation of the Brooke Holsonback case from years earlier remains open.