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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Veronica "Roni" Ann Hepworth

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

On February 25, 1982, the body of Veronica 'Roni' Hepworth was discovered by passing motorists at approximately 7:00 a.m. alongside Route 50 east of Route 15 in the Gilberts Corner area of Loudoun County, Virginia. Veronica was last seen alive at approximately 2:00 a.m. on the morning of February 25, 1982 at a bar located on U.S. Route 1 in Fairfax County, Virginia. The investigation of her death remains an active…

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

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