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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Larry Bacher

Year
1979
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On April 13, 1979, somewhere between midnight and four a.m., Bacher was shot in the back several times while it appears he was running. Bacher fell to his death in front of room 368 on the south side of the building. It is unclear why Bacher was at this location. He was not registered as a guest.

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

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