VA VA- Karen Ann Wheeler, last seen 29 Nov.'90, found nude & strangled in military style duffel bag, Virginia Beach, 16/1/91, *New initiative*

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by: Chrysnel Banzouzi Jan 16, 2025

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach-police-seek-help-solving-cold-case-murder-of-karen-wheeler/

''On January 16, 1991, a construction worker discovered Wheeler’s body inside a green canvass military style duffel bag lying in a ditch along the 700 block of General Booth Boulevard.''
''Wheeler was a 21-year-old woman, who was approximately 5-foot-1 and 120 pounds with blonde hair, blue eyes and a scar on her left hand. She had last been seen on Nov. 29, 1990.

If you have any information about this case, you can submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-888-LOCK-U-UP, downloading the P3 tips app to a mobile device, or visiting www.P3tips.com and submitting a tip.''

POLICE SEEK CLUES TO SKELETON

''A missing-person report helped police in January 1991 to identify the body of another woman dumped nearby. In that case, the nude body of 21-year-old Karen Wheeler was found stuffed inside a zippered duffel bag in woods near the Virginia Marine Science Museum on General Booth Boulevard, a little more than a mile from where the skeleton was found Tuesday.
Police on Wednesday said it is too early to speculate if the cases are related.
Wheeler had been strangled. The case wasn't solved.''

 

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https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/virginia-beach-police-department/case/virginia-beach-police-department-case-1991-008739-karen-wheeler/

 

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Jan 17, 2025
Virginia Beach Police are seeking information on a cold case murder that took place more than 30 years ago.

 

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VA Beach has a lot of cold case murders of women in that time period from late 70s - early 90s.

Cold Case Homicide Unit

The Cold Case Homicide Unit investigates cases with the goal of arresting and convicting individuals responsible for these crimes, regardless of how much…

police.virginiabeach.gov

Some of these have been solved, but most haven't as far as I know.

 

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VA Beach has a lot of cold case murders of women in that time period from late 70s - early 90s.

Cold Case Homicide Unit

The Cold Case Homicide Unit investigates cases with the goal of arresting and convicting individuals responsible for these crimes, regardless of how much…

police.virginiabeach.gov

Some of these have been solved, but most haven't as far as I know.

VA Thread 'VA - Virginia Beach Serial Killer (3 part series)'

May 8, 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH—

Janice Pietropola was raped, strangled, and shot. Beverly Christensen was stabbed in her home, and Alice Eskew was beaten and strangled.

Someone killed these women, and at least nine more, at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

"There was a tremendous amount of violence that took place inside a little cottage," said a retired detective.

[...]

Now, nearly three decades later, the families are getting what they've asked for. Virginia Beach cold-case detectives confirm what the women's relatives believed all along. At the very least, Joanne and Christine died...​

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