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.

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.

No photo available: Tyler Jones
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
04/20/2011
Location:
1829 Newton Rd./Nickerson Blvd Hampton.
No photo available: Russell Grant  Valentine
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
04/02/2007
Location:
6000 Block of Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach
Tru Butcher
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
05/29/2021
Location:
99 Tide Mill Lane Apt. 41 Hampton
Judson Calvin
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
03/31/1987
Location:
Henrico County
Esther Agnes  Albert
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
07/03/1992
Location:
Covington
Donald Dock
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
11/27/2010
Location:
3400 Blk of Decatur St., Richmond
Mikell Brown
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/06/2005
Location:
3100 1st Ave, Richmond
Shelly  Schantz
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
02/11/1998
Location:
Henrico County
Allen Ripka
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
02/11/1998
Location:
Henrico County
No photo available: Donney Cannon
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
12/04/2015
Location:
320 E. Mercury Blvd. #60 Hampton
No photo available: Gerald Gayle
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
02/16/1997
Location:
Henrico County
Virginia Mae Hill
Case Type:
Homicide
Incident Date:
10/18/2014
Location:
400 block Collier Crescent, Suffolk