State of Virginia – Colin D. Stolle, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Virginia Beach, announced the sentencing of 41-year-old Hagen Lawrence Roberts. Roberts was sentenced to life plus five years in prison for First-Degree Murder and Stabbing in the Commission of a Felony.
This represents the maximum sentence for these charges. Circuit Court Judge Stephen C. Mahan presided over the three-day jury trial. Roberts was found guilty on November 20, 2025.
The investigation began on October 8, 2020. Virginia Beach police responded to a residence on Green Cedar Lane in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A 911 caller reported that his wife, Cynthia Capps, was missing after he had taken a shower…