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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Linda Archer

Year
2010
Where
Woodbridge, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 4, 2005, Linda was reported missing after she had not been seen since October 2004. On May 14, 2010, her skeletal remains were found at a vacant property near Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Rd (behind Central Baptist Church). in Woodbridge VA. The cause and manner of death were undetermined.

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

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