‘To give that closure’: VDH looking for answers in decades-old Richmond cold case

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is looking for new leads in a decades-old murder case. It’s been nearly 33 years since an unidentified man was found shot to death in Richmond.

It was in a wooded area on East Franklin Street that police found the man found shot dead and wrapped in a blanket. That was on March 9, 1993.

As of March 2026, he’s still never been identified, meaning his friends and family have likely never known what happened to him.

The OCME is hoping to change that…

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