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Unsolved homicide

Killing of John Doe

Year
1980
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On October 20, 1980, two people found what they believed to be a human skull and contacted Henrico Police. The skull was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner/Richmond (OCME). There is no additional information on where the skull was located or the identity of these remains.

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

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