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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Michael Margaret

Year
1984
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 21, 1984, at approximately 6:25 pm, the bodies of Donna Hall and Michael Margaret were located in a wooded area 200 yards south of the 10000 block of Castile Road, in the Kings Crossing Apartment complex.

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

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