Robert "Bobby" Adam Whitt and Myoung Hwa Cho were two formerly unidentified murder victims who were killed in 1998.
On May 13, 1998, the nude body of an Asian female was found on the side of a road parallel to Interstate 85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
[2] On September 25, 1998, a landscaping crew cutting grass under a billboard along Industrial Drive along Interstate 85/40 in Mebane, North Carolina, discovered the skeletal remains of a young boy.
The boy had no fillings, but preventative dental sealing in multiple teeth, as well as a slight overbite with erupting upper canines, which may have been noticeable when he smiled or spoke.
Through the use of forensic palynology and isotope analysis, it was determined that the boy was originally from the southeastern United States, particularly Alabama and Georgia.
[4] The boy's case was also given to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, where they created multiple reconstructions using CG technology.
Shortly thereafter, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) helped investigators find a case of an unidentified woman found in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, matching the description of Whitt's mother.
[10][11] During his sentencing hearing, he begged for forgiveness, saying he had been haunted by the murder for years and had tried to kill himself in prison out of guilt in 2001.