VA Alice Margaret Eskew, 18, Murdered 4 September 1979, Virginia Beach

[Richard]

Alice Margaret Eskew

On Tuesday, September 4, 1979, Alice Eskew was last seen at home in the 3100 block of Arctic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA. She left her home walking towards Laskin Road just before dusk. A missing person’s report was filed with police after she failed to return home that evening.

Her body was found on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at approximately 5:00 pm in the densely wooded area of Seashore State Park just off Shore Drive close to the bypass. Ms. Eskew’s body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy. Alice’s cause of death is blunt force trauma; therefore the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

Alice was 18 years old and a very petite white female who was 5’ 1’’ tall weighing 80 pounds. She had long blonde hair and dark eyes.

Sources:

Alice Margaret Eskew - Virginia Beach Crime Solvers

Man charged in 1980 slaying of 25-year-old Norfolk woman

 

[Richard]

Alice Margaret Eskew, 18
Murdered 4 September 1979
Virginia Beach, VA

Could she have been a victim of serial killer Dennis Bowman? Bowman was a Naval Reservist from Michigan who often went to Virginia for active duty. While there 0n 11 September 1980 (a year after Alice was murdered), he murdered Kathleen O'Brien Doyle, age 25. In 1989, he murdered his stepdaughter, Aundria Bowman in Michigan.


Kathleen O'Brien Doyle, Aundria Bowman, and their killer Dennis Bowman

LINKS:

Michigan man accused of 1980 Virginia murder now charged in death of adoptive daughter

Man Previously Arrested for Killing of Another Woman Is Now Charged for Murder and Mutilation of Daughter

Man arrested for 1980 Norfolk murder has returned to Hampton Roads | WAVY.com

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up. This September will mark the 45 year anniversary of her unsolved murder.