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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Bryan Mace

Year
2003
Where
Midland, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the morning of April 9, 2003, the victim was found dead in his home located in the 12000 block of Elk Run Road in the Midland area of Fauquier County. After the victim was killed, the residence was set on fire. The autopsy found that the victim had been shot to death. The victim worked with his step-father at Rayco Roofing in Manassas, Virginia. Evidence at the scene suggests that the victim interrupted the…

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

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