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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Ziska Rodgers Williams

Year
1996
Where
Woodbridge, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On May 3, 1996, an unidentified body was found on Hunter Place in Woodbridge and the body was later identified as Ziska after a photo appeared in the paper. She was reported missing in Washington D.C. An autopsy revealed she died from stab wounds.

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

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