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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Marshall Butler

Year
1991
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 23, 1991, the victim, Marshall Butler, was found deceased in a white Ford pick-up truck located on the right shoulder of the I-64 off ramp to Mechanicsville Turnpike.

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

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