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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Raymond Salmon

Year
2004
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Friday, January 23, 2004, Henrico Police responded to the 7-11 located in the 3600 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike for a medical emergency. Officers arrived and located the victim, Raymond Miles Salmon, seated in the driver’s seat of a white Ford SUV. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Mr. Salmon was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for examination. The cause of death was determined to be from…

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

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