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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Shirley Robinson

Year
1992
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Monday, January 13, 1992, at approximately 8:45 a.m., Henrico Police received a request to check the welfare of Shirley R. Robinson residing at 5842 Grammarcy Circle in Hunnington Village Apartments. Officers entered the apartment and located a black female lying deceased on the floor. The female was identified as Shirley R. Robinson and transported the Medical Examiner's Office for examination. The cause of…

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

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