BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - For years, the memorial for DJ Fields stood at the intersection of Bluffton Parkway and Flat Creek Drive in Bluffton, and it honored the life of a Fields who was killed in a mistaken identity case.
Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the memorial was stolen.
His father, Dwon, found out it was missing when he received a call from a family member saying they didn’t see it when they drove by.
“I felt crushed because it was up here for a couple of years now, and nobody bothered it,” DJ’s father, Dwon Fields Sr., said.
What once sat in the area was a large cross that was cemented several feet into the ground.
A place friends and family could go to honor DJ’s life.
“It was a way of providing us and even the family with some peace,” Bluffton Police Chief Joe