Unsolved cases
Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
Golden Years Murders
The Golden Years Murders is the name given to an unsolved series of murders in the West End of Richmond, Virginia, from 1990 to 1996. During this period, at least thirteen elderly women were murdered in a similar manner, leading local authorities to suspect that they were dealing with a serial killer. Since then, multiple suspects have emerged and one even confessed to several of the killings, although his actual…
1996 · VirginiaUnsolvedMissing persons cases along U.S. Route 29 in Virginia
Since 1996, there has been an unusually high number of cases involving young women disappearing along U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Virginia, or an area known as the "Route 29 Corridor". Five young women disappeared in five years between 2009 and 2014, earning it a particularly notorious reputation. Of the nine murders/disappearances, only the cases of Morgan Dana Harrington (2009), Alexis Murphy (2013) and Hannah Graham…
2011 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Aaron Wheeler, Jr.
On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Henrico Police responded to 215 N. Laburnum Avenue for a reported shooting. Officers arrived and were directed to apartment #1. Inside the apartment, officers located the victim, Aaron Charles Wheeler Jr., with a gunshot wound. Mr. Wheeler was transported to the hospital, but later died from the injury.
2013 · Chesterfield, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Abdelmagied Hussein
On June 27, 2013, Abdelmagied Hussein was shot and killed at his residence at 614 Bristol Village Drive in Chesterfield County, VA.
2006 · Haymarket, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Abraham Roque
On January 31, 2006, Abraham stopped breathing while in the care of his babysitter at 14950 Madison Ct. in Haymarket. It is unknown if the injuries suffered by the victim occurred while in the custody of the babysitter or while he was with his parents at 13289 Catharpin Valley Dr. in Gainesville. An autopsy revealed he died as a result of being shaken violently.
1997 · Chesterfield, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Adam Strash
On February 5, 1997, Adam Strash and Frances Branscome were found shot inside their residence at 7408 Newbys Court in Chesterfield County, VA,
2014 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Adonus Turner
On June 19, 2014, at approximately 2245 hours, officers were dispatched to 801 Downing Street in reference to a shooting that just occurred. Turner's stepfather heard the front door open then heard several gunshots fired. Turner was located at the front door by his stepfather suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Turner was transported to Riverside Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Turner's good friend…
2005 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Akin Omodara
On August 8, 2005, at approximately 0237 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting in the parking lot of Pleasers Club located at 1261 N. King Street. Upon arrival, officers located Akin Joseph Omodara in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound. Omodara later died at the hospital. Omodara was the manager of the club. Omodara was walking in the parking lot carrying a bank bag. A witness saw a black male…
1984 · Sterling, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Albert Faulkner
On 09/06/1984 at about 2255 hours there was a knock at the victim's door (60-block of Essex Square, Sterling, VA). The victim was subsequently shot in the doorway by an unknown assailant who fled the scene.
2016 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alex Blizzard
On June 15, 2016, at approximately 0456 hours, officers were dispatched to 2831 Rosalee Drive in reference to several gunshots being heard in the area. Officers arrived to find Alex Blizzard suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital where he later died.
2013 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alex Perkins
On November 15, 2013, Henrico Police responded to the 7000 block of Hunt Club Lane for a reported firearms violation. Upon their arrival they discovered a body lying face down in a pool of blood next to a parked vehicle. The body was later identified as Alex Perkins. It was determined that Mr. Perkins died as the result of having been shot.
2020 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alexander Green
On December 29, 2020, at approximately 0031 hours, officers were dispatched to a one vehicle accident. Officers arrived and located a silver Lexus in the eastbound lane that had crashed into a guardrail. Officers located Green half in and half out of the passenger side of the vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Green was pronounced deceased by medics on scene.
2021 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alfonzie Dennard
On January 21, 2021, at approximately 2053 hours, officers were dispatched to a single vehicle crash at Settlers Landing Road and Kecoughtan Road. A vehicle containing two occupants had crashed into a utility pole and was on fire. Once the fire was extinguished, officers located brothers Edward and Alfonzie deceased inside of the vehicle. Both had been shot. Approximately 30 minutes prior to the call for service for…
2016 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alfred Jones
On October 2, 2016, Henrico Police responded to a reported shooting in the 500 block of N. Foxhill Road. Once on scene, officers located an adult male, later identified as Alfred Leon Jones, Jr., lying parallel to a parked vehicle. The front passenger side door of the vehicle was open, and Mr. Jones appeared to have one gunshot wound to the lower left side of his back. Mr. Jones died at the scene.
1979 · Virginia Beach, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alice Eskew
On Tuesday, September 4, 1979, Alice left her home walking towards Laskin Road just before dusk. A missing person's report was filed with police after she failed to return home that evening. Her body was found on Thursday, September 6, 1979, at approximately 5:00 pm in the densely wooded area of Seashore State Park just off Shore Drive close to the bypass. Alice's cause of death is blunt force trauma; therefore,…
1996 · Culpeper County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alicia Showalter Reynolds
On March 2, 1996 Alicia Showalter Reynolds was last seen alive driving along Route 29 from Baltimore, Maryland to Charlottesville, Virginia to meet her mother. Her vehicle, a Mercury Tracer, was found abandoned later that same day parked on the southbound shoulder of Route 29 in Culpeper County. Two months later, her remains were discovered in a field that had recently been cleared of trees off Route 3 in Lignum,…
2010 · Suffolk, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alissa Michaun Johnson
On the evening of July 18, 2010, Alissa Johnson was standing outside an apartment in Cogic Square when multiple shots were fired. Johnson was struck by one of the bullets and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second victim self-transported himself to Obici hospital for medical treatment. Witnesses describe a black male wearing all black flee from the scene. Johnson may have been an unintended victim.…
1998 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Allen Ripka
On February 11, 1998, the victims, identified as Shelly Schantz and Allen Ripka, were discovered deceased inside their residence located in the 300 block of Sleepy Duck Road. Both victims appeared to have been shot "execution style" by a person or persons possibly known to them.
1990 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alton Guinyard
On Tuesday, February 27, 1990, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Henrico Police responded to 2417 Allence Boulevard for an unresponsive black, male sitting in a van. The victim, identified as Alton Lamont Guinyard, was pronounced deceased at the scene and transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for examination. The cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds.
1991 · Henrico County, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Alvin Lloyd
On Thursday, January 24, 1991, Henrico Police responded to the area between Chamberlayne Avenue. (Rt. 301) and Interstate 95 across from C. S. Flournoy for a possible body lying at the bottom of the ravine. Officers responded and located an unknown, black, male lying face down in the leaves. The body, later identified as Alvin Weber Lloyd, was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of death was…
2021 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Amadre Deloatch
On December 21, 2021, at approximately 2332 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the Charm'd Lounge located at 25 Wythe Creek Road. Officers arrived to find a large crowd forming in the parking lot and patrons fleeing from the business into the parking lot. Officers located Deloatch lying on the ground at the front door of the business. Deloatch was suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.…
2018 · Bealeton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of America Nguyen
At some point between the evening of November 7, 2018 and the morning of November 8, 2018, Duong Nguyen, 61, and his son, America Nguyen, 22, were shot and killed by an unknown assailant(s) in their home in Bealeton, VA. The Nguyens were unarmed. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the violent murder of Duong and America…
1988 · Virginia Beach, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Anastasia Christou
On Friday evening just before sundown on July 15, 1988, Anastasia Christou returned to her home located in the 300 block of 25 Half Street, just three blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. This was the last time she would be seen alive. On Saturday, July 16, 1988, a half hour past noon, her son found her suffering from wounds received from a beating. As a result of these wounds, Anastasia died. Force was used to gain…
2003 · Virginia Beach, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Andre Heckstall
On Friday, May 9, 2003 at 5:30 pm, 40 year old Andre Heckstall was standing in the parking lot in front of the Dollar Tree located in the 600 block of Newtown Road speaking to an unknown black male when he was shot. Police and Rescue were dispatched to the scene where the victim was found bleeding and unconscious. He was transported to the hospital where he died a short time later from his wound. The state Medical…