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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…
1998 · VirginiaMissingInternational Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with a regional presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, is a private 501(c)(3) non-governmental, nonprofit global organization. It combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, child trafficking and…
1865 · VirginiaMissing
Boston Corbett
Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (January 29, 1832 – disappeared c. May 26, 1888) was an American soldier and milliner who, on April 26, 1865, killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Known for his devout religious beliefs and eccentric behavior, Corbett was reportedly a good soldier and had been a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison. Corbett shot and mortally wounded Booth when his…
1987 · VirginiaMissingDisappearance of Jenny Pandos
Jennifer Lynn "Jenny" Pandos (born October 29, 1971) is an American teenager who disappeared from Williamsburg, Virginia in 1987.
2017 · VirginiaMissing
Majd Kamalmaz
Majd Kamalmaz (January 6, 1958 – after February 2017) was a Syrian-American psychotherapist from Arlington, Virginia, who was detained in Syria in February 2017 and held until his death was announced on May 18, 2024. Kamalmaz was running a nonprofit in Lebanon helping refugees deal with trauma when he drove to Syria in mid-February 2017 to visit a relative who had cancer. Once in Damascus, he called his wife to tell…
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…
1948 · VirginiaMissing
Disappearance of Virginia Carpenter
Mary Virginia "Jimmie" Carpenter was a 21-year-old American missing person from Texarkana, Texas, who went missing in Denton in the summer of 1948. Carpenter was last seen by a taxi driver around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 1948.
1984 · VirginiaOverturnedThomas Haynesworth
Thomas Haynesworth (born March 21, 1965) is a resident of Richmond, Virginia, who served 27 years in state prison as a result of four wrongful convictions for crimes for which he was exonerated in 2011. Haynesworth was arrested in Richmond at the age of 18 in 1984 after a woman identified him as her attacker. He was convicted of four violent rapes in the East End of the city.
1979 · Grottoes, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Grottoes, Virginia (1979)
An unidentified man was found in Grottoes, Virginia on July 1, 1979. No name has been established. NamUs case UP6702.
2026 · Petersburg, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified person, Petersburg, Virginia (2026)
An unidentified person was found in Petersburg, Virginia on February 26, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP158142.
2023 · Newport News, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Newport News, Virginia (2023)
An unidentified woman was found in Newport News, Virginia on December 8, 2023. No name has been established. NamUs case UP117488.
1969 · Wood's Mill, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Wood's Mill, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified woman was found in Wood's Mill, Virginia on September 6, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10817.
1969 · Wood's Mill, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Wood's Mill, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified woman was found in Wood's Mill, Virginia on September 1, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10824.
1969 · Howardsville, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Howardsville, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified man was found in Howardsville, Virginia on September 1, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10818.
1969 · Nelson, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Nelson, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified woman was found in Nelson, Virginia on August 31, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10819.
1969 · Howardsville, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Howardsville, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified woman was found in Howardsville, Virginia on August 31, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10820.
1969 · Howardsville, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Howardsville, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified woman was found in Howardsville, Virginia on August 29, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10826.
1969 · Howardsville, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Howardsville, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified man was found in Howardsville, Virginia on August 24, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10821.
1969 · Howardsville, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Howardsville, Virginia (1969)
An unidentified man was found in Howardsville, Virginia on August 25, 1969. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10825.
2007 · Petersburg, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Petersburg, Virginia (2007)
An unidentified woman was found in Petersburg, Virginia on May 14, 2007. No name has been established. NamUs case UP6665.
1980 · Rawley Springs, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Rawley Springs, Virginia (1980)
An unidentified woman was found in Rawley Springs, Virginia on November 14, 1980. No name has been established. NamUs case UP6249.
2002 · Norfolk, VirginiaMissingSharon Jones
Sharon Jones, 33 at the time, was last known to be in Norfolk, Virginia on September 22, 2002. NamUs case MP1017.
2003 · Elkton, VirginiaMissingRachel Good
Rachel Good, 20 at the time, was last known to be in Elkton, Virginia on October 18, 2003. NamUs case MP1141.
2003 · Winchester, VirginiaUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Winchester, Virginia (2003)
An unidentified woman was found in Winchester, Virginia on November 27, 2003. No name has been established. NamUs case UP61229.