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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Elizabeth Whitehead Bryant

Year
1995
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Tuesday, April 18, 1995, fishermen discovered bones in a creek near the Owls Creek Golf Course. The area the fisherman had been fishing in a secluded area. Virginia Beach Investigators responded and summoned the help of the State Medical Examiner who determined the bones to be human. A thorough search of the area revealed several more bones that were partially hidden by vegetation and water. The victim was…

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

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