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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Diana Houle

Year
1989
Where
Woodbridge, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 14, 1989, Diana's decomposed body was found in her apartment at 4390 Whitmer Dr. #3 in Woodbridge. Investigators at the time believed that she died on or about August 1, 1989. An autopsy revealed she died from blunt force trauma.

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

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