murders in richmond va 1993

* Susan Smith drowning her boys, blaming it on a black car-jacker Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Is my perception that far off? Brown's 16-page confession, taped the morning after the Aug. 12 slaying, was summarized for the record Thursday in York Circuit Court after he pleaded guilty to Thomas' murder. "I don't know what more could have been done, but something more should have been done," Moniques lawyer, public defender Frank J. LaRuffa told Circuit Judge Robert W. Duling, prior to sentencing, according to court coverage in the Times-Dispatch. There have been a number of Each of these quiet months has come in WebDebbie Dudley Davis, a 35-year-old account executive, was murdered between 9:00 p.m. on September 18, 1987, and 9:30 a.m. on September 19, 1987, in her Westover Hills apartment. This was a level of violence virtually unimaginable today: 2 would-be robbers of a Henrico jewelry store were killed in a shoot-out with the police, 2 Chesterfield teens robbed and killed a car salesman, a man killed 2 elderly women in 2 different retirement homes, an infant was basically boiled to death, two masked gunmen opened fire in the parking lot at 5PM on a Sunday evening on Meadow Street, one single block of Afton Avenue recorded 5 separate killings over the course of the year, an entire family was slaughtered in Gilpin Court, and there was a triple killing in Sugar Bottom. Jake Are you saying that the RPD is not reporting murders? About Us Thanks as usual for great reporting. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. Baker SMALLWOOD Sr. Michael Marnell To add one more macabre item to this horrible year in April, 1994 Timothy Spencer, aka the Southside Strangler for his murderous rampage on the Southside in 1987, was put to death. * OJ Simpson chase WebRICHMOND, Va. One of the worst murders this city has even seen happened in 1993 and the horror lives on in seclusion in a state prison cell. Over the shorter term or in smaller areas, homicide numbers in the city tend to vary considerably from period to period. so many drugs coming through the area. So instead of doing mental gymnastics to figure out what changed, how to prevent it etc, just end this war. Idaho man breaks world record for fire sword throws and catches. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. WebBriley and his brothers were linked to about a dozen murders in the Richmond area. IMO, things could EASILY get that bad again. plans and enthusiasm Forensics, community policing, and overall professionalism have made huge differences. Drugs.. lots of em those years. His first two sentences cast doubt on the veracity of the homicide numbers, thats what Im responding to. This explains ALOT about why my west end friends were so afraid for me moving to the Fan in 1997 and then when I told them Id bought a house in Church Hill in 1998. simply the best news article/reporting to come out of Richmond in a long time. The year before, in 1993, there were 111. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. There were anomalies a fatal stabbing in a the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant on Grace Street, the murders of 2 elderly women in retirement homes, a body found in the canal by Tredegar Street but overwhelmingly the stories from 1994 are those of young black men found dead or dying on streets like Idlewood Avenue, Hull Street, and Afton Avenue. Monique Anderson was just 15 when she broke into Mrs. Cookes home. John, youre too modest. NOTE: 2008 shows 36 homicides. The Briley Brothers crime spree was 1979. I think if I spent my days in the ER of a Richmond hospital, especially MCV, Id probably doubt the safety of Richmonds streets too. WebThe man who called himself Lawrence Vanner was arrested in September 2002, after police found Jun dead and buried under a pile of kitty litter in the basement of her East Were getting beyond what I know & Ill leave it at this: Way less people are being killed in Richmond than ever before. The two families agreed to have experts compare blood samples from Thomas' baby and Hugh Brown after the baby was born, Esther Brown said. Fairfield court / north side highland park areas, south side Jeff D turnpike / afton ave. Mental health specialists began seeing her at age four for her aggressiveness, hyperactivity, pulling out hair, smearing feces. Heroin use was popular, even among good college kids. great job on doing your homework about richmond , back in the days, it was crazy back then, i was a part of all the madness in Richmond back then. While these murder are very tragic, it is street crime. Those hot cinder blocks walls on the inside of her house. RICHMOND, Va. -- Three members of a drug gang allegedly linked to 11 murders in 45 days were found guilty Wednesday in the first case in which federal prosecutors used a drug kingpin law against multiple capital defendants. ''I guess I just got tired of it and, you know, like I said, there was my father being a minister and everything and there's pressure on us anyway,'' he said. John, This was a great idea for several reasons. @julestools I specifically had in mind Venable and Pink Street, to 24th and Cedar. I did not live in Richmond in the 90s. Unfortunately the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults and I dont have the desire to dig for it. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. The Richmond Police Department has said that they can get the data, but that it will cost between $2,500-$3,000 to pull together the pre-1998 information (as it not held electronically). It brought back a lot of cringes, but relief that those days are hopefully gone for good. And theres treatment. I know that its not cool to always inject race into these discussions, but it is an important aspect of why a lot of white Richmonders might not recall 1994 as Richmonds worst year. The Hill is safer, but still not safe enough. Looking back, it was a i can only imagine that Richmond is a very different place from what it was back in the 90s. ''She had lost her mother, and her father had lost their home. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The World's Ugliest Dog Contest, held annually in California, announced applications are now available for owners of aesthetically-challenged canines seeking to prove the unsightliness of their pooches. * Sharon Bottoms custody case was going through the courts WebAs of Sunday, the Richmond Police Department (RPD) had reported 53 deadly shootings in the city, and last year at this time there had been 54. My brother was the 47th homicide victim that year in April, on Lynnhaven Ave. Its a totally different place now. August 1994 was the worst month in Richmonds history for killings at 25, or almost one every day. .please.. You can go to the RTD online archive at http://www.timesdispatch.com/archive/ and search older articles. Google News Archives: Fulton Hill Hustlers, * Clintons health care attempt There were more people killed in July and August of 1994 than in all of 2008. Were celebrating our 40th anniversary with monthly dives into our archives. (update 2/1/2015). Its extremely unlikely shell get out this time and any year soon. In neighborhoods such as Oregon Hill, Scotts Addition and Church Hill, people are out and about, comfortable, she says. Put in historical perspective, Richmond is having another spike in homicides similar to the smaller ones in the early 1940s and the 1970s, but nothing like the 1990s. So much of the violence seemed to be related to crack. Do you have any information you can share on Thomas McTernan who was beaten and killed in September 1994? Family members and friends of Thomas and Brown filled opposite sides of the York courtroom Thursday to hear Thomas enter his guilty pleas. (PDF). Monique had been breaking into homes randomly or just wandering into them sometimes confronting and/or attacking the homeowners during the months before and after Mrs. Cookes slaying. It would be interesting, and I think more informative. He was just out of it. The drug dealers cannot operate if there is no market for their wares. The revision gives us this: going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had six months without any homicides. There was lots of blame going around, including light jail sentences, environment, segregation and the legacy of enslavement. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gillies Creek Park. Look at Portugal for an example. We had another one who was shot mulitiple times earlier in the week, yet the bullets missed every vital organ and the victim lives. She lived there before they tore it down and built the projects. They occurred in homes, alleys, outside of pubs and pool halls. Yes and no, McEachin says. An article in todays Richmond Times-Dispatch reports event lower numbers for 2008 and 2009 than I was given (36 and 41): Richmond reported 39 homicides for all of 2009, which was higher than 2008s 32 slayings but still low when viewed historically. Advertise With Us My rewards, in 2017, are all related to dancing in and out of the nightmares that dominated Richmonds realities. Unquestionably things have improved, but murders in Shockoe Bottom, shootings and stabbings in the projects and the recent line of fire killing on Belvidere only comfirm in many peoples minds (mine included, that Richmond is not a safe (enough) place to visit or live, especially at night. I would be very surprised to have a murder happen on Venable and completely disagree with your statement about Venable and wonder why you would say that and what facts you are using to make such a derogatory statement? Excellent reporting! Her baby and her relationship with Hugh Brown were the focus of her dreams about the future, according to family members interviewed after the trial. a lot of violence. You have great ammunition for the school year nowgreat summer project! Whites and blacks were fleeing as Richmond boldly arrived on the list of the top-10 deadliest cities and then marched toward the very top. If anyone else wants to follow up, Id be more than glad to publish the results . Walgreens and CVS arent shooting it out with each other over territorial disputes. This was well known by the police who told me what do you expect when people on City Council are known cocaine users? RICHMOND, Va. One of the worst murders this city has even seen happened in 1993 and the horror lives on in seclusion in a state prison cell. Were you working there at the height of the RVA violence? The mother had to work two jobs while the father was out of the country working so the kids were on their own most of the time hanging with the wrong crowds. Seen on safari: Crocodile swings from elephant's tail. I moved here to Church Hill in 1992. Excellent reporting! By the early '50s, the public discussion of the subject - and the sensitivities surrounding it - had it sounding very much like the discussions of today. I certainly did not have any idea of how dangerous the area was wow. chimbarozo park was crazy dangerous. (804) 646-0712 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The sheer number of killings on Southside in 1994 is shocking. 2000 through 2010: It was a hell of a year. During the sentencing, Duling reviewed Anderson's extensive record and glanced at a picture of the murder scene before the body of Caroline Cooke was removed, the T-D reported at the time. McEachin says one program that helped to reduce the rate was Project Exile, launched in 1997, which moved the prosecution of felons caught with guns to federal court, where there was a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison. On October 14, 1994, 20-year-old Christopher Goins went to the Gilpin Court apartment of 14-year-old Tamika Jones, who was seven months pregnant with Goins child, and killed Tamikas parents, her 9-year-old sister, Nicole, her 4-year-old brother, David, and her 3-year-old brother, Robert. Any details about what happened? Horgas was pondering this question the next day when he came across a teletype alert from Richmond that made his hands shake. Claude Frizzel The Untold Story of the Harvey Family Murders Richmond, VA -- ( ReleaseWire) -- 11/17/2010 -- Cold Blooded, a chilling and shocking new book just released by Bookstand Publishing, tells the true story of the Richmond family that unwittingly harbored the infamous Harvey family murderers for six days in 2006. With recent years showing the lowest body counts since 1961, the citys population back up over 200,000, and VCU having greatly expanded, it is difficult to imagine that mid-1990s Richmond was ever real. Reed Williams. on target for 182 killings by the end of December, setting check points at hot spots across the city, list of incidents from 1994 in comparison to, http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4969/clipboard01le.jpg, http://cwaynetaylor.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/crime-assaults/, Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009, http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers, Neighborhood Driving Zoo opens this spring, Drug activity on 25th revealed to be long-game covert opp, City releases new traffic control measures, List of streets that might be named after Confederates. We knew what areas to stay away from (Gilpin Court, Whitcomb Court, Fairfield, etc.) Southsides Johnson/Brown gang, estimated to be responsible for 30 lives over 3 years, were only recently off the streets. Ive lived in Church Hill and on the west end (which doesnt count). Brown, 27, of Mechanicsville, the son of a Richmond preacher, had told police he feared he would shame his family by having a child out of wedlock. My housemates and I lived across the street from a very active crack house, we saw people dealing guns and drugs from the trunk of a car parked in front of our house, and we heard close gunfire (usually in the alley next to our house)every single night. No, the Fulton Hill Hustlers were not Crips or Bloods, but I think they left at least 10 bodies in their wake. Well-done!! Seven sheep escape from New Jersey slaughterhouse, find new sanctuary home. Im sorry but white people dont have crime? Wake up america. If someone shows up shot or stabbed at the hospital, the police are automatically brought in. According to the Pew Research Center, violent crime rates fell over 50 percent from 1993 to 2015. During the past two decades, shes watched homicides gradually decline to a low of 32 in 2008 and then hold steady at about 40 per year until 2016, when the number climbed to 61. Advertise With Us Virginia Ross was also found murdered that year in another retirement high-rise in Northside on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. Stories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. He also unsuccessfully challenged the legitimacy of the search of Brown's home, where police found the gun used to kill Thomas and an empty box for 9mm shells. Trial inspired career in court. A crocodile fights an elephant only to realize it may have bitten off more than it can chew. There were incidents those months, but either the charges were withdrawn when declared to be self-defense, or the charge was listed as involuntary manslaughter. I know as a young white guy back then why I felt much safer in the Fan than East End. and got used to hearing gun shots and running away. The majority of crimes and shooting was black on black (and, sadly, that is likely still the case). Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. But detectives and police brass kept the details to themselves so they could catch the killer. \When they were finally caught and jailed, their mother said, they was good boys, whenever the electricity went out they always came home with a generator. They made a well publicised prison break before they were executed. both my kids were born in Richmond. The longest period with no homicides runs from Thursday, July 24, 2008, to Friday, September 26, 2008 a span of 64 days. The Richmond Police were able to provide a chart showing the killings per month covering the years 1980-2004. It was indeed a scary time, but if you did not buy or sell drugs, you could stay out of their sights. The bad elements were basically forced out through gentrification. That would be hard to believe. This is good. I love the change and realize that there is still much room for improvement. The city was all-but killed by the skyrocketing murder rates during the crack cocaine years in the late 1980s through the mid-90s. Then he shot her, turned her body over, shot her at least five more times, and set her body afire. WebInteractive chart of the Richmond, Virginia murder rate (i.e. She had been strangled with a ligature and ratchet-type device. ''He asked her not to tell anyone about it, not to tarnish his ministry,'' Esther Brown said. A 1989 law under the federal drug kingpin statute made murder during a continuing criminal enterprise a capital crime. The four did not testify in their defense. ", "We're tired of being beaten up," Chief Alfred Durham said. In 2021, only 51% of homicides were solved, WebSeptember 22, 1993: 1: Virginia, USA : Herman Charles BARNES: June 27, 1985: 2: Virginia, USA : Gregory Warren BEAVER. And, unfortunately, I remember several friends and acquaintances that got involved as users. Came here in 80, left for five years and decided to move back and raise our daughter here. its come a long ways. She told Detective McTernan that Mrs. Cooke came home and found her inside the home and confronted her. Hugh Brown had told his girlfriend that they were going to run off together and get married, Brown said in his confession. This is where the community blogs (and the police department) make a difference in getting information out to areas. I then went to Franklin elementary to Elkhart Middle then to George Wythe High. hey it might be a good time to develop some new habits. I have to admit, the story about the 14 year old and her family broke my heart. When she was found slain in the living room of her home in January 1993, we heard whispers of how horrible it was, that she had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death. Out of curiosity, I crunched these numbers into the annual murder rate (FBI uses incidents per 100,000 population). All Right Reserved. Thanks for this presentation, John. In the first 28 years for which there is monthly data available, there was not a month in Richmond without someone being killed. heard drivebys sitting out front on N 24th/Clay. Richardson he feared he would shame his family by having a child out of wedlock with 17-year-old Gwendolyn C. Thomas. Going with the lower number of 32 homicides in 2008, there were 3 months that year with no homicides: May, August, and December. They face the death penalty for convictions of murder in the furtherance of a continuing criminal drug enterprise. Goins escaped the scene of the shooting and went on the run, leading to a manhunt by Richmond Police and the FBI that stretched from Virginia to New York. WebNo one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. This happened more than once. Dictionary.com adds 'hellscape,' 'woke' and 311 other new terms. Amazing! WebBrown's 16-page confession, taped the morning after the Aug. 12 slaying, was summarized for the record Thursday in York Circuit Court after he pleaded guilty to Thomas' murder. This work identified 158 homicides (PDF) not a perfect data set, but close enough to have a sense of what was going on where in 1994. Thank you very much in advance. My great-grandmother is from Blackwell. I am very thankful that I did not wander into harms way. Thanks for taking the time to do this. After going 28+ years without a break, the city has seen no murders in 3 of the last 8 months. Debbie Davis, an accounts clerk, had been found dead in her apartment on Sept. 19, 1987. 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