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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Turhan Satchell

Year
2016
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On October 12, 2016, at approximately 2200 hours, officers were dispatched to the area of Pine Street and Shell Road in reference to a man down in the roadway complaint. It was soon upgraded to a shooting victim. Officers learned that a driver had accidentally run over a body lying in the roadway. It was found the victim, Satchell, was deceased from several fatal gunshot wounds.

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

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