# Killing of Herbert Scruggs

Unsolved homicide · 1996 · Henrico County, Virginia

On Friday, March 1, 1996, a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) worker located an unknown, black, male lying in the ditch on the side of Bickerstaff Road. The victim was sent to the Medical Examiner's Office for further examination. The Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Herbert Bernard Scruggs. The cause of death was determined to be from a gunshot wound.

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1085
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-herbert-scruggs-va1085

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1085


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