Cold Case Homicides
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Alan Forehand
On December 19, 1977, Alan Forehand was found shot and beaten to death along route 17 in the Deep Creek section of the City.
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Benjamin Owens
On February 26, 1998, 64 year old Benjamin Owens was shot and killed while working the night shift at the old Texaco Mart at the corner of Dominion and Great Bridge Boulevard At 1:34 am, an armed suspect entered the store in an attempt to rob the business. Mr. Owens was shot and killed during the commission of the robbery.
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Bishop Davis
Bishop Davis, 18, was killed when a vehicle drove by and a gunman fired several rounds. Davis was struck and died at the scene. Davis attended Oscar Smith High School, in Chesapeake, VA, from 2012 to 2015.
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Brandon Peller
On Sunday, September 16, 2012, around 11:30 am, a man arrived at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center with the body of 24-year-old Brandon Peller, who had sustained a gunshot wound to his neck.
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Curtis Overton
On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, Officers responded to the 3200 block of Camelot Boulevard in the Deep Creek section of the city at 11:noon and found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.
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Dennis Coleman
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 just before 10 pm, Dennis Coleman, age 24, was found with gunshot wounds on Fairview Street in the South Norfolk section of the city. He was last seen walking in the neighborhood.
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Donna Cannaday
On Wednesday, October 18, 1989, Donna Cannaday, age 22 was found shot and killed in a ditch on West Road near the Chesapeake Regional Airport.
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Erion Williams
On Saturday October 1, 2016, just after 4 am, Chesapeake Police responded to the 2000 Block of Timber Lane, in the South Norfolk section of the city, on a report of a gunshot victim.
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James Swain Jr.
On Saturday, September 26, 2015, just after midnight, Chesapeake Police Officers were dispatched to the Peaceful Village public housing community located in the South Norfolk section of the City.
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Jarmel Perkins
On May 11, 2019, 34 year old Jarmel Perkins was shot and killed in the 2000 block of Plow Lane. Officers located the victim laying on the street where he had suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
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John Doe White Male
On July 20, 1982, the remains of an unidentified adult male were found in a ditch 1.5 Miles West of the Hampton Roads Executive Airport on Route 58. The public is asked to assist in identifying the victim.
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John Lee Pope
On December 16, 1966, John Lee Pope, age 17, was found stabbed and beaten in the 1800 block of Wellington Avenue in the South Norfolk section of the City. The victim, a resident of Norfolk, was a sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School. This is currently the oldest unsolved homicide in the City of Chesapeake. The public is asked to assist in solving this crime.
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Joshua Compton & Mason Jones
On Wednesday, April 15, 2009, shortly after midnight, Mason Jones (16) and Joshua Compton (17), were shot and killed in the doorway of Joshua's home on Rowland Avenue in the South Norfolk section of Chesapeake.
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Larry Brown Jr.
On Sunday, December 16, 1990, Larry Brown Jr, 25, was found stabbed to death in his truck in the 4800 block of Bainbridge Boulevard in the Crestwood section of the City.
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Lashorn Evans
On Wednesday, February 15, 2017, shortly after 9 pm, police were called to the 3100 block of Gaston Drive in the Camelot neighborhood for an attempted home invasion that ended in a fatal shooting. Lashorn Evans, age 18, of DeKalb County, Ga, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Latanya Wyatt
On Sunday, March 5, 2000, Latanya Wyatt, was found stabbed at her apartment located at 2608 Silver Leaf Drive, Chesapeake, VA.
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Linda Russ
On December 27, 1972, the remains of Linda Dianne Russ, age 26, were found in a ditch at the corner of Inland Road and Deepwater Drive in the Great Bridge section of the City. The victim, a resident of Norfolk, had been reported missing on September 1, 1972 and was last seen on August 23, 1972 at Daniel's Den, a bar located at the time in the Ocean View section of Norfolk.
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Rickie Williams
On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, around 9:30 p.m., Chesapeake Police were called to the 2500 Block of Stowe Street in the South Norfolk section of the city for reports of shots fired.
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Stephon Walton
On July 23, 2000, 19 year old Stephon Walton arrived at a local hospital with a gun shot wound. Prior to being dropped off at the hospital by the group of people he had been with that night, it is believed the victim was at a local night club where the shooting may have occurred.
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Trevor Baldwin
On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, officers responded to a single-vehicle accident around 9 pm on Dunedin Drive near the intersection of Tasman Court in the Western Branch section of the city. The car, a silver 1996 Buick, had gone off the road and struck a tree.