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Cases · Virginia, United States

Virginia, United States

Casepin documents 29 cases in Virginia, United States, spanning the 1620s to the 2020s — 7 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Yeardley Love in Charlottesville. Charlottesville, Alexandria, and Arlington carry the most files.

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SOLVED
Murder of Yeardley Love
2007Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
SOLVED
American Airlines Flight 77
2001The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia
SOLVED
Assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell
1967Speedy Laundromat, Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia
SOLVED
Charlottesville car attack
2017Fourth Street Southeast, Charlottesville, Virginia
SOLVED
Virginia Tech shooting
2007Virginia Tech campus, Blacksburg, Virginia
SOLVED
Murder of Jiansheng Chen
2017River Walk community, Chesapeake, Virginia
SOLVED
Murder of Robert Schwartz
1992Leesburg, Virginia
UNSOLVED
Kidnapping of Melissa Brannen
1989Woodside Apartments, Lorton, Virginia
SOLVED
2022 University of Virginia Shooting
2022University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
SOLVED
Suicide of Vince Foster
1993Fort Marcy Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia
SOLVED
2022 Chesapeake Walmart Shooting
2022Walmart, Chesapeake, Virginia
SOLVED
2023 Richmond Shooting
2023Monroe Park / Altria Theater, Richmond, Virginia
SOLVED
D.C. sniper attacks
2002Washington metropolitan area (D.C., Maryland, Virginia)
SOLVED
Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington
2009John Paul Jones Arena, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
SOLVED
Indian massacre of 1622
1622Colony of Virginia (Jamestown area and surrounding settlements along the James River)
UNSOLVED
Lynching of Arthur Jordan
1880Warrenton, Virginia, United States
UNSOLVED
Lynching of John Henry James
1898Wood's Crossing station (near present-day Farmington Country Club), Albemarle County, Virginia
UNSOLVED
Lynching of Joseph H. McCoy
1897Corner of Lee and Cameron Streets, Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia
SOLVED
Lynching of Raymond Byrd
1926Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia
SOLVED
Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan
2023Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia
UNSOLVED
Lynching of Orion Anderson
1889Leesburg, Virginia (site of former rail freight depot)
SOLVED
Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
2015Bridgewater Plaza, Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Virginia
SOLVED
Murder of Mark Niederbrock, Debra Kelley, Emma Niederbrock, and Melanie Wells (Farmville murders)
2009Farmville, Virginia
SOLVED
Killing of William Chapman
2015Wal-Mart parking lot, Portsmouth, Virginia
UNSOLVED
Lynching of Leonard Woods
1927Pound Gap, Kentucky/Virginia border
SOLVED
Murder of Taylor Behl
2005Mathews County, Virginia
UNSOLVED
Lynching of Benjamin Thomas
2020Corner of King and Fairfax streets, Alexandria, Virginia
SOLVED
2019 Virginia Beach Shooting
2019Virginia Beach Municipal Center, Princess Anne, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
SOLVED
Murder of Robin Warr Lawrence
1994Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States