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Missing

Jin Chin

Year
1998
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

The Coast Guard suspended an aerial search at sunset without finding any trace of a 54-year-old man whose small boat was found offshore, its engine still running, Sunday morning. Allison von Hagn, a Coast Guard spokeswoman, identified the missing man as Jin F. Chin. Chin's street address was not immediately known, but von Hagn said his family is believed to have homes in Virginia Beach and Richmond. Chin's boat, a…

From the Virginia State Police cold case database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What is the last confirmed sighting, and what is the documented timeline around it?

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