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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Geraldine Ross

Year
1994
Where
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On December 9th 1994, Geraldine's 8 year old son waited for his mother to pick him up from the bus stop. When his mother didn't show and after waiting for several hours, he found a maintenance worker who unlocked the door to their home in the Forest Village Apartments. Her son entered the apartment and found his mother's body on the floor and was unresponsive and with apparent stab wounds. There were no defensive…

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

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