# Killing of Charlie Matney

Unsolved homicide · 1990 · Wythe County, Virginia

On May 19, 1990, an explosion occurred at a single wide manufactured mobile home, when the victim, Charlie Matney, of Jolo, WV, entered into the home. The location of the explosion was in the area of Gullion Fork Road in Wythe County. Lab analysis and an examination of the scene have confirmed the cause of the explosion to be an explosive device, consisting of liquid dynamite and various other items. According to…

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=892
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-charlie-matney-va892

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1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=892


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