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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Pareshkumar Patel

Year
2012
Where
Chesterfield, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On September 16, 2012, Pareshkumar Patel was abducted at the Raceway gas station at 5600 Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield County, VA. He was later found shot to death in Richmond, VA.

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

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