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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Matthew McDaniel

Year
2013
Where
Chesterfield, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Matthew McDaniel was shot and killed on May 11, 2013, on Pembroke Street in the Ampthill neighborhood of Chesterfield County, VA.

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

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