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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Stanley Williams

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

On Sunday, November 21, 1982, Henrico Police received a call from Vaughan Brothers Concrete Company, located at 5001 Richmond Road, for an unresponsive male located on their property. The victim, identified as Stanley Williams, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The cause of death was determined to be gunshot wound.

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

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