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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Inez Childress

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

On September 17, 1994, the victim, identified as Inez Childress, was discovered deceased, lying in her bathtub at her residence located in the 100 block of Lowell Street. The autopsy results indicated that the victim died as the result of strangulation and drowning.

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

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