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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Sherri Enfield

Year
1985
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On 9/7/85 the victim was found floating in the ocean approximately 3 Ω miles east of Virginia Beach and one mile north of Rudee Inlet. Enfield was found to have died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The manner of death is still undetermined.

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

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