# Killing of Bruce Ritchie

Unsolved homicide · 2020 · Bland County, Virginia

At 12:25 pm on 5/23/20 a call was received of a body of a white male discovered on the shoulder of Wilderness Road (Rt.606), just East of Interstate 77,exit 62, Bastian, VA. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation was contacted to conduct the death investigation. Through further investigation body was identified as Bruce M. Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie was traveling from Augusta, GA and returning home from a business trip.…

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=41995
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-bruce-ritchie-va41995

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=41995


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