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MMP #87: ‘I Can’t Believe It Has Happened’: Stephen Smith’s Body Exhumed

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The Unfair System in Hampton County

In 2013, Steven's father bought a house. A few months after Steven died in 2015, Joel unexpectedly died of a heart attack. After his death, Joel's kids continued to live in the house and made mortgage payments where they could. In 2018, the Smiths fell behind on the mortgage payments. Palmetto State Bank began the process to foreclose on their home. The median household income in Hampton County is just $38,000. Some residents have to drive more than an hour and a half to Hilton or Beaufort just to earn not much more than minimum wage.

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