About the Case:
On November 8, 1990, a pulp wood cutter found skeletal remains in woods behind some trash dumpsters off Vaughan Road in Dinwiddie County, approximately four miles south of the Petersburg city limits. The remains were positively identified in January of 1991 as belonging to Roberta Jean Oliver, who had been reported missing to the Petersburg Police Department on March 28, 1990. The medical examiner determined Roberta had been stabbed multiple times while clothed and this was most likely the cause of death.
- Case Type:
- Homicide
- Incident Date:
- 11/08/1990
- Location:
- Vaughan Road in Dinwiddie County, four miles south of Petersburg city limits
- Status:
- Active
