Justice finally caught up with Hagen Lawrence Roberts last week in a Virginia Beach courtroom. On the heels of a three-day jury trial that concluded last November, Circuit Court Judge Stephen C. Mahan handed down the steepest penalty possible: life in prison plus an additional five years.
The 41-year-old was convicted of first-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony for a crime that shook a quiet neighborhood back in 2020.
The grim details of the case trace back to October 8, 2020, at a home on Green Cedar Lane. The investigation began when a local man called 911 in a panic, reporting that his wife, Cynthia Capps, had vanished while he was taking a shower. His suspicion was sparked by a single, chilling discovery: a lone drop of blood on the kitchen floor. When officers arrived to sweep the house, their attention quickly turned to a locked bedroom rented out to Roberts…