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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Corey Taylor

Year
1998
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 6, 1998, at approximately 1:00 a.m., police responded to the 2000 block of N. 29th Street after residences reported hearing gunshots. When police arrived, they found Corey Lamont Taylor, 19 years of age, in his vehicle unconscious and not breathing.

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

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