Charles Preston Paramore was 14 years old when he became the victim of a hit-and-run. He was on his newspaper route in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The newspapers have little information about this case. According to the Paramore family, his father found him and was with him when he died. The driver did not just hit […]
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Update Christy Lynn Floyd
On May 14 of this year, I posted about the Chesterfield County Jane Doe. She has since been identified. Her name is Christy Lynn Floyd. From WSLS: “Chesterfield County Police announced on August 12, 2020 that the remains belong to Christy Lynn Floyd, who was 16 and lived in the 2300 block of West Grace […]
Gina Renee Hall partial remains found
Gina Renee Hall went missing on June 28, 1980. She was a freshman at Radford University, Radford, Virginia. After a night out in Blacksburg, she left with Stephen Epperly, a former Virginia Tech football player. Epperly was ultimately charged with Hall’s murder and “became the first person in Virginia — and only the fourth in […]
Chesterfield County Jane Doe
UPDATE: Aug 13, 2020: Her name is Christy Lynn Floyd. I received the tip to look into the Chesterfield County Jane Doe from my friend Michele who grew up near this area in Virginia. What do we know? From WSLS: “On Aug. 7, 1986, workers were unloading trash from the School Street transfer station in […]
Johnny Rush Bowman (Sept 15, 1952 – Aug 19, 1984)
Virginia State Trooper Johnny Rush Bowman (Sept 15, 1952 – Aug 19, 1984) was stabbed 45 times by an unknown attacker (or attackers) on Aug. 19, 1984, around 415 am after answering the door at his own home in Manassas, Virginia. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest […]
Pardon for Jens Soering
Albemarle County Sheriff J.E. “Chip” Harding wrote a 19-page report to support the release of Jens Soering. Soering was convicted of the 1985 Bedford County double murder of Derek & Nancy Haysom. He is serving life. Soering was dating the Haysoms’ daughter Elizabeth. She pled guilty and is serving 90 years in prison. Most likely, this […]
Virginia Missing Persons Day 2017
The Virginia General Assembly has declared April 29 “Missing Persons Day.” To quote from the House Joint Resolution No. 612: “according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, in 2015, there were 84,961 active missing persons cases, 42,032 of which were related to juveniles under the age of 21; and the total number […]
Missing: Quinn Renard Woodfolk
Quinn Renard Woodfolk (July 23, 1986 – missing July 4, 1998) was just a few days shy of his 12th birthday when he disappeared from Charlottesville, Virginia. His nickname was “Lil Quinn.” Quinn Renard Woodfolk has black hair and brown eyes. He has a scar near his right eye. Some websites state that he has a scar […]