Ballet dancer's body found off Carolina beach

gaeadea · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:22 pm

Ballet dancer's body found off Carolina beach

Web posted Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 3:10PM
By Albert Ross Jr. | Staff Writer

Authorities said they recovered the body of missing Augusta Ballet dancer Jaime Burcham Sunday off the coast of Harbor Island.

Officers with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources found Mr. Burcham about 11:45 a.m. in the water 300-yards from where he had been in the water with friends the day before, said spokesman Lt. Robert McCullough. The victim had been last seen Saturday St. Helena Sound between Harbor and Hunting Islands.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:36 pm

This is horrible.

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Ballet dancer found dead near Harbor Island

Carolina Morning News

The search for missing Augusta Ballet company member Jaime Burcham ended Sunday as authorities recovered his body in Johnson Creek near Harbor Island. <a href=http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/081803/LOCdrowningfolo.shtml target=_blank>more</a>

lampwick · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:54 am

This is really sad. I think it's so incredibly important to teach kids how to swim and float in water. My dad is a very good swimmer and my uncle used to work marine patrol (pulling lots of dead bodies out of the lake). They made all of us kids learn survival floating and swimming when we were no older than toddlers. I'm always scared when I'm in a canoe with adult friends and they announce that we better not tip over because they can't swim.

salzberg · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:58 pm

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A private memorial mass will be held at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2003 at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Cetner Chapel, with Father Thabedus Kiwere officiating. A memorial service will follow at the Sacred Heart Cultural Center at 2:00 PM. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at Elliott Sons Funeral Home at 2524 Lumpkin Road.

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