Welcome to the Virginia Cold Case Database

Developed to assist Virginia law enforcement in soliciting tips on unsolved cases throughout the Commonwealth, the site displays unsolved homicides, missing persons cases, and unidentified remains. All cases are at least 5 years or older.

If you have any information that could help solve one of these cases, please use the “Submit a Tip” form on each page or contact the reporting agency directly.  

If you are aware of a cold case that is not currently present on the website, please contact the investigating agency.  Unsolved cases are submitted to the database on a voluntary basis.

Tabular data of the database is stored with the Virginia Open Data Portal.

Anniversary Unsolved Cases

No photo available: Travuan Rouser
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/25/2016
Location:
102 Ethel Drive Hampton
Christopher Ray  Douthat
Case Type:
Missing Person
Incident Date:
10/25/2013
Location:
Roanoke

Cases

Cases are displayed at random to ensure all victims are publicized equally. Refreshing your browser will bring different cases into view or you may browse all cases.

Elwood Strader
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
01/23/1981
Location:
In the driveway of the victim's residence at 1416 Horner Rd. in Woodbridge VA.
No photo available: Jessie Barnes
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
06/17/1982
Location:
Chesterfield
Bayard  Cousins
Case Type:
Missing Person
Incident Date:
02/01/1975
Location:
Virginia Beach
Melvin Tanner
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/01/2004
Location:
Chesterfield
Sheila Stead
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
03/29/1979
Location:
Paper Mill Rd, Winchester
Dorothy Bess Wells
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
05/10/1992
Location:
Greenfield Crescent, Suffolk
Reginald  Basnight
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
07/12/1992
Location:
1200 Block of Glyndon Drive, Virginia Beach
Alfred  Jones
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/02/2016
Location:
Henrico County
No photo available: Waverly Gibbs Sr.
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/12/1972
Location:
Henrico County
Jimmy  Williams
Case Type:
Missing Person
Incident Date:
07/20/1999
Location:
Henrico County
No photo available: Nathaniel Jordan
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
05/19/2015
Location:
100 Tudor Court #102 Hampton
No photo available: Thomas Daryle Williams
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
06/04/1991
Location:
Isle of Wight County