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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Walter Boone

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

On December 08, 2012 at approximately 7 a.m., the Richmond Fire Department responded to a house fire on Cofer Road and, after extinguishing the fire, found the victim deceased inside.

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

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