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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jennie Lee Johnson

Year
1991
Where
King and Queen County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Jennie Lee Johnson was last seen alive the night of November 22, 1991. She visited a friend that night, within walking distance of her residence, but never returned home. She was discovered the next morning in a field near Newtown Road (Route 721) deceased. It was apparent that she had been physically assaulted. Jennie Johnson's death has not been solved despite an extensive investigation conducted by the Virginia…

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

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