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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Joseph Haught

Year
1997
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Tuesday, April 8, 1997 at approximately 6:00 pm, 911 received a call for a man suffering from a gunshot at the Military Highway Pawn located in the 700 block of Military Highway. Once on Scene, a white male identified as 65 year old Joseph Haught was found inside the pawn shop bleeding as a result of his injury. Joseph was transported to the Trauma Center at Norfolk General Hospital where he stayed on life…

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

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