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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Priscilla Wilson

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

Priscilla Wilson was last seen getting into a vehicle on December 3, 1980. The school bus had recently dropped her off near along Carver Avenue in the Friendship Village neighborhood. She was reported to be a missing person/runaway on December 4, 1980. On Friday, December 5, 1980, Priscilla Wilson'­s deceased body was found in a wooded area in the 1900 block of Oceana Boulevard. Her death was ruled a homicide.

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

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