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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Donney Cannon

Year
2015
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On December 4, 2007, at approximately 1047 hours, officers received a call to respond to 320 E. Mercury Blvd. Apt. 60 in reference to a male body found inside of an apartment at 320 E. Mercury Blvd. #60. The caller was a friend of Cannon's who last saw him the day before when he dropped him at his residence (320 E. Mercury Blvd. #60) around 1730 to 1800 hours. The body lying on the floor was Cannon. He was deceased.…

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

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