FILE 580 / 15 March 2025 / 72 MIN / express

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Roebuck, South CarolinaListen

The town

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this is roebuck south carolina ... northwestern south carolina ... this is in spartanburg county about 0:03:20

History, in brief

Town note

Named for Revolutionary War officer Benjamin Roebuck.

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Town note

Home to Walnut Grove Plantation, a preserved 18th-century farmhouse and tourist attraction.

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Kate Moore, a daughter of the plantation's original owners, was a scout for General Daniel Morgan during the Battle of Cowpens.

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Spartanburg County was founded in 1785 and named after the Spartan Rifles, the local militia during the Revolutionary War.

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All 5 history facts

Town note

Named for Revolutionary War officer Benjamin Roebuck.

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Town note

Home to Walnut Grove Plantation, a preserved 18th-century farmhouse and tourist attraction.

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Town note

Kate Moore, a daughter of the plantation's original owners, was a scout for General Daniel Morgan during the Battle of Cowpens.

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1785

Spartanburg County was founded in 1785 and named after the Spartan Rifles, the local militia during the Revolutionary War.

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Town note

The USS Spartanburg is named after Spartanburg County.

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The figures, as told

Money

Median home value$275,500
Median household income$54,153
All figures and comparisons, as told in 2025

Population

"3,482"

No direction stated.

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Median household income

"$54,153"

Comparison: "national average about $69,000". No direction stated.

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Median home price

"$275,500"

No direction stated.

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The reviews

4.3 / 5 · average of 3

5 stars

“A small, quiet community that is tight-knit, safe and serene; after nine years the most danger was a snake in the backyard.”
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4 stars

“The atmosphere feels like family and the reviewer loves the corn fields and wildflowers, but wishes there were more stores and restaurants.”
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4 stars

“A small town five minutes from pure countryside with naturally cool weather and easy access to Highway 221.”
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The story

Dana Shilene Fowler was born on 16 November 1967 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She married her high-school boyfriend after graduation and had a daughter, Ashley, before the marriage ended. She later met Paul Michael "Mike" Satterfield, an HVAC contractor born in 1962, and they had a son, Brandon. Dana opened the Roebuck Beauty Tan tanning salon. By 1995 the couple had separated and were discussing divorce. On 30 July 1995 they spent the evening and night together with the children.

On 31 July 1995 Dana worked at the salon while Mike had the children after work. Patty Taylor arrived at 6.30 p.m. for a hair appointment, and a door-to-door saleswoman, Diane Harris, sold Dana a cleaning product. The hair was finished by about 8 p.m. and Taylor left at about 8.10 p.m., with Dana saying she would lock up and follow her.

Pace laughed, pointing out that she was a married woman with two children and he was a schoolboy living with his parents. He drove a blue and white Ford Bronco with saw-blade wheels.

At about 8.10 p.m. Harris passed the salon, saw Dana cleaning through the window and waved. Returning at 8.30 p.m. she found the lights on and the blinds down, heard thumping, and saw a man climb out of a window. She described a white man in a grey or white T-shirt and blue jeans who "looked crazy", then ran into a nearby house and told the residents to call 911. Deputies arrived at about 9 p.m. In the bathroom and laundry room Deputy Burnett found Dana hanging by a duffel-bag strap from the hot water heater, her feet two inches off the floor, bruised and cut. She had been strangled manually and with a ligature and sexually assaulted. Nothing had been taken.

A DNA profile was developed from semen in the rape kit. Mike Satterfield had an alibi and passed a polygraph, and was cleared.

In 2005 Ashley, then 18, went for an oil change and found that Pace worked there. It matched the semen sample, with a reported probability of one in 900 million. A former girlfriend described his violence and said he had once threatened, as they drove past Dana's salon, to hang her from a hot water heater "like that hairstylist".

The defence argued that a pubic hair found on Dana did not match him and that the DNA could not show when the semen was deposited, and noted Mike Satterfield's fingerprints on the water heater, which he had installed two months earlier. He is held at the Ridgeland correctional facility.

Her car was later found at the bottom of a river, but her body has never been found. Dana Satterfield is buried at Heritage Memorial Gardens in Roebuck, and Ashley later became a victim advocate for the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

The case

Murder of Dana Satterfield

Victims

Dana Shilene Fowler Satterfield (27). beauty salon owner, mother of two, separated from her husband

Accused and outcomes

As told in the episode, on 15 March 2025.

Accused

Outcome

Other people

Mike Satterfield. Dana's estranged husband; cleared by an alibi and a polygraph
Ashley Satterfield. Dana's daughter, eight years old at the time
Brandon Satterfield. Dana's son
Diane Harris. door-to-door cleaning product saleswoman who saw the man climb out of the window
David Michael Pace. friend, who eventually reported him
Darlene Reeves. customer in the salon when mother telephoned
Patty Taylor. customer whose hair Dana was doing that evening
Steve Vaughn. cellmate at the detention center in 2006

The timeline

  1. November 16th, 1967 Dana Shilene Fowler is born in Spartanburg. (Spartanburg)about 0:09:23
  2. high school, mid-1980s Dana meets a young man in high school and marries him as soon as they graduate. (Roebuck)about 0:10:10
  3. soon after the wedding Dana gives birth to her daughter Ashley and the marriage falls apart. (Roebuck)about 0:10:16
  4. Dana meets Paul Michael 'Mike' Satterfield, an HVAC company owner born in 1962. (Roebuck)about 0:10:26
  5. Dana and Mike have a son, Brandon. (Roebuck)about 0:11:21
  6. 1995 Dana and Mike separate and discuss a divorce. (Roebuck)about 0:11:57
  7. July 30th, 1995 The separated couple spend the evening and night together with the children, eating dinner and watching television. (Roebuck)about 0:12:15
  8. July 31st, 1995 Dana works all day at her salon while Mike has the children after work. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:13:28
  9. July 31st, 1995, 6:30 p.m. Patty Taylor arrives at the salon for a hair appointment. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:13:41
  10. July 31st, 1995, about 6:40 p.m. Diane Harris demonstrates and sells Dana a bottle of cleaning product. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:13:48
  11. July 31st, 1995, 6:45 to 7 p.m. drops Pace off and says he is going to get a haircut from Dana. (Roebuck)about 0:20:30
  12. July 31st, 1995, about 8 p.m. Taylor's hair is finished and Dana tells her she will lock up and follow her out. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:14:36
  13. July 31st, 1995, about 8:10 p.m. Taylor leaves the salon; Harris passes by and sees Dana cleaning and waving through the window. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:23:12
  14. July 31st, 1995, about 8:30 p.m. Harris returns to see the blinds down, hears thumping and sees a man climb out of the salon window. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:23:35
  15. July 31st, 1995, 8:30 p.m. Michael Crook sees a white man in greyish clothes bent down and looking back towards the salon.about 0:25:22
  16. July 31st, 1995, about 9 p.m. Deputies arrive, find the door ajar and a window screen on the ground, and Deputy Burnett finds Dana hanged in the bathroom and laundry room. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:25:54
  17. July 31st, 1995, about 9 p.m. Mike Satterfield is told by a fellow church member and goes to the salon, where deputies refuse to let him in. (Roebuck Beauty Tan)about 0:32:38
  18. August 1995 An autopsy finds manual and ligature strangulation, blunt force trauma to the head and sexual assault.about 0:28:34
  19. 1995 A DNA profile is developed from semen in the rape kit.about 0:30:34
  20. a month after the murder, 1995 Dana's customer gives a first composite sketch of the man she saw.about 0:37:47
  21. a few days after the murder, 1995 At a pool hall warns Pace that he will kill him if he tells anybody.about 0:34:07
  22. three months after the murder, 1995 Pace anonymously telephones police and names .about 0:36:30
  23. 1996 Aaron Popkin buys the blue and white Bronco with saw-blade wheels from the family.about 0:38:24
  24. 2005 Ashley, now 18, gets an oil change and finds that Michael Pace works at the service station.about 0:41:18
  25. 2005 Pace contacts police with his identity and account, leading to a warrant for DNA.about 0:42:10
  26. 2005 DNA matches the semen sample, with a reported probability of one in 900 million.about 0:44:10
  27. February 2006 Steve Vaughn begins sharing a cell with and later recounts admissions about the salon. (Spartanburg County Detention Center)about 0:46:37
  28. April 30th, 2006 blocks his food hatch, fights officers and threatens to kill them and their families at the detention center. (Spartanburg County Detention Center)about 0:48:49
  29. is held at the Ridgeland correctional facility, still denying the murder. (Ridgeland correctional facility)about 1:09:25
  30. Dana is buried at Heritage Memorial Gardens in Roebuck. (Heritage Memorial Gardens)about 1:09:39

Disappearance of Heather Sellers

Victims

Heather Rena Sellers (20). former fiancee and Waffle House employee; missing since September 24, 2002, her body never found

Accused and outcomes

As told in the episode, on 15 March 2025.

Accused

Outcome

Other people

Cora Kent. Sellers' friend and ex-girlfriend
Michelle Whitaker. fellow Waffle House employee who disappeared in 2002 and was found alive in 2008

The timeline

  1. two weeks before September 24th, 2002 and Sellers call off their engagement but continue seeing each other.about 0:52:07
  2. August 2002 Fellow Waffle House employee Michelle Whitaker disappears and is later considered a possible victim of .about 1:08:50
  3. September 24th, 2002, about 2 p.m. Norma Jean Swan drops Sellers at the Waffle House at Highway 9 and I-85 for the second shift. (Waffle House)about 0:50:34
  4. September 24th, 2002 Sellers leaves her aunt's house with .about 0:51:00
  5. September 24th, 2002 Witnesses say Sellers and go to the Rainbow Lounge and then Cocktails and Dreams. (Rainbow Lounge)about 0:51:04
  6. September 24th, 2002 Her family never hears from her again.about 0:50:34
  7. after her disappearance, 2002 Sellers' car is found at the bottom of a river but her body is never found.about 0:52:15

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