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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Rachel Nicole Good

Year
2003
Where
Rockingham County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Rachel was last seen with friends in the parking lot behind the Elkton Volunteer Fire Department , near the Coin Laundry of Spotswood Trail in Elkton, Virginia at approximately 6:00 p.m. on October 18, 2003. Rachel's friends saw her get into her Dodge Neon and drive away as it got dark. Rachel has never been heard from again. Rachel was wearing blue jeans, yellow t-shirt and stud earrings. NAMUS MP #1141

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

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