SPARTANBURG — In the 1990s, Trey Gowdy met a young man from Spartanburg named Ricky Tyrone Samuel.
Gowdy, who'd go on to represent the area in Congress, was a federal prosecutor at the time. Samuel had gotten into some trouble, and he had a choice.
"He could follow that sometimes-predictable path for young people who get in trouble, or he could use that incident to try to turn his life around," Gowdy said, recounting the story during a House subcommittee hearing in March 2017. "He chose to turn his life around, and he met with us."
Samuel became a witness in a federal criminal case. Six months later, he was found dead — shot execution style beside a pond in northern Greenville County, Gowdy told the subcommittee he chaired.
Gowdy has moved on from his time as a prosecutor and a U.S. Representative, but that story stays with him.
#trouble
Gowdy, who'd go on to represent the area in Congress, was a federal prosecutor at the time. Samuel had gotten into some trouble, and he had a choice.
"He could follow that sometimes-predictable path for young people who get in trouble, or he could use that incident to try to turn his life around," Gowdy said, recounting the story during a House subcommittee hearing in March 2017. "He chose to turn his life around, and he met with us."
Samuel became a witness in a federal criminal case. Six months later, he was found dead — shot execution style beside a pond in northern Greenville County, Gowdy told the subcommittee he chaired.
Gowdy has moved on from his time as a prosecutor and a U.S. Representative, but that story stays with him.
#trouble
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