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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Charles Cole

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

July 7, 2003, Charles Cole's body was found floating in a private pond in the 9701 Coalboro Road. Mr. Cole was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). At the time, the OCME determined that Cole's manner and cause of death was accidental drowning. Cole's body was exhumed in February 2019, and the OCME again examined the remains. This time, the examination indicated that Cole had been stabbed…

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

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