A murder case in the Upstate has now been solved more than 20 years later. The Greenville County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit has now solved its 9th murder case since being formed in 2020.
On June 5th of 2000, 54 year old Sharon Anschutz was shot and killed during a robbery of Butler Dry Cleaners on Easley Bridge Road. The case went cold and no arrests were made.
Murder victim Sharon Anschutz prior to her death in 2000GCSPO
Last summer, the case was re-examined and Cold Case Investigators determined that 44 year old Roger Keith Hudgens was responsible for the murder. It was learned that Hudgens did various odd jobs around the dry cleaning business. Investigators re-interviewed witnesses and learned of Hudgens intent to rob the business that day.
They later learned that Hudgens had died in 2008 from medical complications. Sheriff Hobart Lewis released a statement commending the unit saying " My message to the community of fallen victim families is that we will never give up.”
