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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Corey Delano Johnson

Year
1991
Where
Hanover County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

During the evening hours of May 25, 1991, Corey Delano Johnson borrowed his father's burgundy Mercury Grand Marquis to use while his vehicle was being repaired. On May 26, 1991, the same vehicle was found abandoned on Crown Hill Road in Hanover County, Virginia. A search of the vehicle yielded large amounts of blood and a skull fragment later identified as belonging to Corey Johnson. Despite an extensive search and…

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

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