No Body Murder Cases - For general interest

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40 years later, some of Gina Hall’s remains found in Pulaski County"​

"RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s been forty years since Gina Renee Hall was murdered in Pulaski County. Her murderer, Steve Epperly, was convicted but a body was never found. Within the last few months, Gina’s older sister, Diana Hall Bodmer, with help of a forensic anthropologist out of Tennessee, has found some of Gina’s DNA and remains.

In 2016, Bodmer said a farmer’s grandson reported to the Radford Police Department that his family had held a secret since 1980. He said his grandfather had witnessed what he believed to be two men dismembering a body in Meadow Creek and they were driving a white van and he believed the woman to be Gina Hall. That’s what sparked her journey for Gina’s body.

“And that’s when the miracles began, that’s when the truth came unveiled - that’s when the pieces of the puzzle started showing up and just started fitting together and I now have the truth. It’s like if I need something or I need another piece of the puzzle, it comes.”

Despite a conviction for the murderer, she still wants closure. That’s why last year, a vigil for Gina brought a new sense of hope. Dlana was introduced to Dr. Arpad Vass, a forensic anthropologist who had invented an instrument to detect DNA buried beneath the surface. Since then, Gina’s remains have been discovered across eight locations throughout the New River Valley using that device..."