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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Clyde Moore

Year
1996
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Monday, September 23, 1996, Henrico Police responded to 215 North Laburnum Avenue apartment 1 for human remains located after a fire was extinguished. Officers arrived and found the victim in the rear bedroom. The victim was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for examination. The Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Clyde Melvin Moore through dental records and determined the cause of…

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