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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Carolyn Johnson

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

On October 8, 1996, Henrico Police responded to the 5300 block of Walker Avenue, for a reported body found. Carolyn Johnson, 46, was discovered in a ditch line partially submerged in water. It was later determined that Ms. Johnson died as the result of multiple stab wounds.

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

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