# Killing of Dorothy Bess Wells

Unsolved homicide · 1992 · Suffolk, Virginia

On May 10, 1992, at about 8am, police responded to Greenfield Crescent for a report of a body in the road. The neighborhood was under development with no homes yet. Police located a deceased female, later identified as Dorothy (Earlene) Bess Wells in the cul-de-sac. Wells' head had been bludgeoned, rendering her face unrecognizable. She had recently left her husband. Evidence was collected and analyzed; dozens of…

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=544
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-dorothy-bess-wells-va544

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1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=544


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