Killing of Roy White
- Year
- 1999
- Where
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Source
- Virginia State Police
- Evidence
- 1
On Monday, March 1, 1999 at approximately 3:09 am, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of Picasso's Nightclub located in the 500 block of Newtown Road. Police responded with officers finding a man in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported the victim to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he died from his wound. Investigators identified the victim as Roy White; a 34 year old black male,…
From the Virginia State Police cold case database. Records change. The source is the authority.
Got ten minutes? Do one of these.
What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?
- Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
- Find the earliest news report you can and note what it says that later accounts dropped.
- List what has never been explained. One line each.
New to this? Read the field guide. Five short lessons.
What is out there.
Podcast episodes
- Roy WhiteThe Best in Sports News and Analysis, from Danielle McCartan · 2017
- Roy Wilson White: Three Wrongs Don't Remake Roy WhiteAll Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories · 2026
- EAP Episode.70 - Roy White (White & Torch) : "We were Patti Smith in the style of The Walker Brothers"Eighties Archive Podcast · 2025
In the Internet Archive
- LIMESTONE AND LOG A HILL COUNTRY SKETCHBOOKText · 1968
- 96.3 Capital FM December 23, 2018, 2:14 PM MTVideo
- Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about youAudio · 1920
- Costly antique and modern furniture; Renaissance tapestries, Persian carpets; interior decorations and embellishments; and other rare and artistic objectsText · 1924
- A Year of Spiritual VAlleys & HilltopsText · 1997
Also in the index
Nobody has researched this case yet. Have the AI search the web for reporting, podcasts and videos about it.
Search elsewhere
More in Virginia
Golden Years Murders
The Golden Years Murders is the name given to an unsolved series of murders in the West End of Richmond, Virginia, from 1990 to 1996. During this period, at least thirteen elderly women were murdered in a similar manner, leading local authorities to suspect that they were dealing with a serial killer. Since then, multiple suspects have emerged and one even confessed to several of the killings, although his actual…
1996 · VirginiaUnsolvedMissing persons cases along U.S. Route 29 in Virginia
Since 1996, there has been an unusually high number of cases involving young women disappearing along U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Virginia, or an area known as the "Route 29 Corridor". Five young women disappeared in five years between 2009 and 2014, earning it a particularly notorious reputation. Of the nine murders/disappearances, only the cases of Morgan Dana Harrington (2009), Alexis Murphy (2013) and Hannah Graham…
1984 · Hampton, VirginiaUnsolvedKilling of Johnny Miller
On October 13, 1984, at approximately 2256 hours, Johnny Miller and several of his friends were arguing with several black males in the area of Roberts Road (formerly in Pine Chapel) near the Hampton Coliseum. During the argument one of the suspects pulled out a firearm and shot Miller in the chest. Miller ran from the scene and ended up in the area of 53 Roberts Road. Miller would later die from his wound at the…