Berkeley County deputies searching for kidnapping suspect

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Berkeley County deputies are searching for a kidnapping suspect after a recent possible sighting near the Francis Marion National Forest, according to officials.

We’re told deputies are searching for Michael Burham, who is considered a wanted fugitive. Burham may be armed and dangerous.

Deputies said they are shutting down traffic on Halfway Creek Road from United Drive to Steed Creek Road.

The search began Sunday after officers with the North Charleston Police Department were dispatched to a business on Rivers Avenue where they met with two victims who said they had been kidnapped from Pennsylvania and driven to North Charleston.

A South Carolina spokesman for the FBI on Sunday night told News 2 they were assisting authorities out of New York in locating Burham. He is wanted in the Jamestown, NY area as part of a rape and homicide investigation.

Police and the FBI searched along Rivers Avenue and surrounding areas for much of the night Sunday and into Monday afternoon.

If you see him, do not approach or attempt to contact him. Call 9-1-1 immediately.