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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Anastasia Christou

Year
1988
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

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…

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

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