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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Duong Nguyen

Year
2018
Where
Bealeton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

At some point between the evening of November 7, 2018 and the morning of November 8, 2018, Duong Nguyen, 61, and his son, America Nguyen, 22, were shot and killed by an unknown assailant(s) in their home in Bealeton, VA. The Nguyens were unarmed. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the violent murder of Duong and America…

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

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