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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jane Doe

Year
1973
Where
Lincoln, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Unidentified Black female found on a farm in the Lincoln area of Loudoun County. Victim was shot several times. The female victim has never been identified.

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

Where to start

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
  • Find the earliest news report you can and note what it says that later accounts dropped.
  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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