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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Karen Green

Year
1998
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 16, 1998, at approximately 6:00 a.m., police responded to the 5000 block of Red Oak Lane for a person shot. Upon police arrival, they located, Karen Denise Green, on the stoop of the residence with an apparent gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

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

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