SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For nearly 30 years, the Suffolk Police Department has looked for leads to solve a cold case after a body was found at a local campus.
That body was of Paul G. Schachner Jr. of Norfolk.
The date was January 30, 1997, at the Portsmouth Tidewater Community College campus.
Suffolk police said it was just after noon when a jogger found a body motionless in the woods. That person called campus security and Suffolk police.
They later identified the body as Schachner’s.
Police said he suffered head injuries and blunt force trauma to his body.
The area where he was found was semi-secluded and had limited car access.
Anyone with information in any of these cases is asked to contact Suffolk Police or Suffolk Crime Line. To submit online, go to www.p3tips.com , visit the Suffolk Police Department website and look for the Suffolk Crime Line link, or go to the Suffolk Police Department Facebook page. You can also call 888-LOCK-U-UP, 1-888-562-5887, Option 5. Once a person submits a tip, they will be given a TIP ID and password. With this information they can login at p3tips.com and submit follow-up information, engage in two-way dialogue, be informed of the outcome of the tip, and access any pertinent reward informatio n.