Organ Cave, WV Area Cold Cases
Name
Brenda WolfeAge
28Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At around 10:30pm on july 5, 1989, brenda sue wolfe returned to her home on preston road in the town of vinton after work. According to her roommate, brenda was in the company of a man named “jim”. Brenda told her roommate that she and jim were going to get something to eat and the two left the home. Jim stated he dropped brenda back off at her residence after midnight on july 6, 1989. Personal items of brenda’s were located in franklin county on july 7, 1989. On july 28, 1989, her body was found in the 7000 block of back creek road in roanoke county. It was estimated she had been deceased for a few weeks.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Debra AngleAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Debra angle was found deceased in her apartment, stratford park apartments, on november 12, 1974 during the daylight hours. Her cause of death was ruled to be strangulation and her manner of death a homicide. At the time of her death, angle was an x-ray technician at a local hospital in roanoke. She had two female roommates who were not on scene at the time of her death.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Dorothy FlowersAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Mrs. Dorothy minkoff flowers was reported missing by her husband on october 26, 1966 when she did not return home in the evening. Dorothy had been conducting a census for a local catholic church and was last seen in the pechin ave and penmar ave area of south east roanoke in the afternoon hours. Her body was found the following morning in a rural area of plantation road in roanoke county.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Delmer BushAge
69Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On may 28, 1998, roanoke county police responded to the home of delmer bush who lived in the 3400 block of mount pleasant boulevard. Neighbors had not seen him for at least 24 hours. He was found deceased in his home. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. Bush lived by himself and was a regular patron of a few restaurants in the south east area of roanoke.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Beverly HaygoodAge
52Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Shortly before 10:00pm on august 16, 2022, roanoke county police were dispatched to the 600 block of tyler road in salem, virginia in reference to check the well-being of beverly rose haygood. Haygood was found in her home, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of her death, haygood was working at the antique mall in dixie cavernsAgency
Virginia State Police
Name
Douglas GrabowskiAge
35Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Douglas grabowski was last seen by family on may 7, 2005. A missing person report was filed with police on may 23, 2005 when no one had heard from him. Grabowski lived a solitary lifestyle, however was often seen by neighbors every morning outside on his property as well as in the bent mountain area of roanoke county. Late november 2006, skeletal remains were located in sullivan county, tennessee. These were positively identified as grabowski. Grabowski was often seen in his 1977 ford f150, black in color, long-bed pick-up truck which still has not been located.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Savannah Mitchener-WilliamsAge
11Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Savannah was 11 days old when she was brought to roanoke memorial hospital after becoming unresponsive at her residence. She had been in the care of family members. Her cause of death was ruled to be blunt force trauma and manner of death a homicide.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Joan CookAge
44Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Joan cook was first reported missing by friends on january 29, 2010. Police contact was made with her husband, mike cook, who advised joan had left their residence on foot the night of january 24, 2010. On january 31, 2010, mike cook came to the roanoke county police department to report his wife missing. Joan has not been seen or heard from since january 2010 and is still a missing person.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Charles PerdueAge
51Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On september 23, 2013, the body of an unresponsive male was located in the area of 4300 rutrough road, which was later identified as charles kenneth perdue. Charles had multiple injuries that ultimately caused his death.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Carol SmithAge
37Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Carol ann smith was last seen on june 6, 1994 watering the plants at her residence located on richards boulevard. She was reported missing by a neighbor on june 24, 1994. It is alleged that carol left her family with an unknown male on the date of her disappearance and was not reported missing by her (then) spouse, david smith. There has been no contact made by carol with any of her family, to include the two children she shared with david. No remains of carol have been located.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Christopher DouthatAge
24Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Chris douthat was on the phone while walking and said "Hang on" and has not been seen since october 25, 2013. Vicap # 2018vsp00001 namus #25330Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Gene McPhersonAge
42Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Gene mcpherson was last seen driving his silver 1978 ford pickup at 5:50 p.M. On saturday, may 23, 1987, in craig county, virginia. Days later, gene's pick-up was located at the I-81 rest area in radford, virginia. Gene's wallet was in the grass on the side of I-81 in virginia. John edward colclasure admitted to killing gene mcpherson and was convicted of murder. Colclasure died in jail in 2002 and never disclosed the location of gene's body.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Heidi ChildsAge
18Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Thursday, august 27, 2009, heidi childs and david metzler were found murdered at caldwell fields, a jefferson national forest rural recreation area located within montgomery county, virginia, over which there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. Caldwell fields is located within montgomery county near the craig county line on route 621 - upper craig's creek road. The criminal investigation determined that heidi and david were killed in the evening hours the previous day, wednesday, august 26, 2009 and that both victims were shot to death. The thirteen-year criminal investigation includes numerous interviews of residents of the local communities, resulting in the identification of persons of interest and suspects in montgomery, craig, and roanoke counties. Within the local region, the murders are sometimes referred to as the caldwell fields murders or the metzler-childs murders. The multi-agency criminal investigation continues to develop leads and interview witnesses.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
David MetzlerAge
18Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Thursday, august 27, 2009, heidi childs and david metzler were found murdered at caldwell fields, a jefferson national forest rural recreation area located within montgomery county, virginia, over which there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. Caldwell fields is located within montgomery county near the craig county line on route 621 - upper craig's creek road. The criminal investigation determined that heidi and david were killed in the evening hours the previous day, wednesday, august 26, 2009 and that both victims were shot to death. The thirteen-year criminal investigation includes numerous interviews of residents of the local communities, resulting in the identification of persons of interest and suspects in montgomery, craig, and roanoke counties. Within the local region, the murders are sometimes referred to as the caldwell fields murders or the metzler-childs murders. The multi-agency criminal investigation continues to develop leads and interview witnesses.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Esther AlbertAge
70Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Albert was killed on july 3, 1993 in the city of covington, va. The case is a forcible rape/ homicide. The case is currently unsolved and under investigation. Several persons of interest have been identified and are now deceased. Vicap # 1993va00070Agency
Virginia State Police