ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Accomack County, VA

The Ashmoor Road Killing (1989)

Unsolved homicide from 1989 in Accomack County, VA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1989

    Body discovered near Ashmoor; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1990

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.

  3. 2003

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

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dockethound3 days ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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quietmile2 weeks ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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