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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Judith Rue

Year
1982
Where
Manassas, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 18, 1982, Judith was last seen at the Prince William Hospital's Health Office at approximately 11:00 a.m. Her body was found later that day around 3:00 p.m. on a dirt road near 6700 Davis Ford Rd. in Manassas. An autopsy revealed she died from strangulation.

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

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