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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Edward Duncan Campbell II

Year
2002
Where
Suffolk, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On March 8, 2002, police were called by a fisherman who found a body floating in a pond near the Route 58 Bypass and Nansemond Parkway. Fingerprints and dental records identified the male as Edward Duncan Campbell II, 20 yrs. old. Campbell lived with his parents. His family had reported Campbell missing several months earlier in January 2002. Campbell’s Toyota 4-Runner was found abandoned in an apartment complex in…

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

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