That and the spike in 1942 are from annexation of county land/population. The increasing ratio number shows a yearly count of assaults that is falling much more slowly than the number of homicides. A real reporter would have editors and plenty of guidance and help. Seven sheep escape from New Jersey slaughterhouse, find new sanctuary home. The East End went well over 100 days and close to 6 months without a killing from the end of 2009 into 2010 (the best in at least a decade and probably much much longer). The search for Goins and Richmond made an appearance on Americas Most Wanted and a $15,000 reward was offered for his arrest. The headlines were similar to the ones we're reading today: After a big dip from 1943 through1945, it was back to 43 slayings in 1946. Our aggravated assaults which comprise shootings, stabbings and an assault where the skin is brokenare down 7 percent. SEVERANCE. WebNo one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. I see victims of gun violence all the time, yet it isnt always reported. And theres treatment. They believed it was a man. According to the Pew Research Center, violent crime rates fell over 50 percent from 1993 to 2015. About Us The count dipped back into the 70s, jumped towards 100 in 2004, and has fallen dramatically the past 3 years. Back in the '30s and '40s, there were lots of domestic murders - women killing their wayward husbands and vice-versa, a good number of them getting away with it. Thank you very much in advance. This work identified 158 homicides (PDF) not a perfect data set, but close enough to have a sense of what was going on where in 1994. Could you run that back a little further? It means the wounds were severe enough for a locality to send them to a larger hospital. Yes, there are still guns and drugs in our neighborhood, but not like that anymore. So many memories growing up from all over those areas. My uncles used to come and tell me the stories about some of the things he saw down Afton and just by hearing the stories had me shook. (update 2/1/2015). We have many Oak Grove elementary is the school I started at. The case will proceed next week to a penalty phase. Came here in 80, left for five years and decided to move back and raise our daughter here. I am not sure what changed, but I know i left in 2000.. Let me just also say this, these things wouldnt happen if the powers to be would be smart enough to drop this war on drugs policy and just legalize and regulate the stuff. She could engage in a conversation and she could actually be quite likeablebut there were something in her eyes that wasnt quite there, remembered Claire Cardwell, then the deputy Commonwealths Attorney who prosecuted the case. The two families agreed to have experts compare blood samples from Thomas' baby and Hugh Brown after the baby was born, Esther Brown said. Each received at least one death sentence for his crimes, plus various terms of imprisonment. There was a well known drug house directly across the street from me that was one of the distrubution centers for this gang. Im sorry but white people dont have crime? This is where the community blogs (and the police department) make a difference in getting information out to areas. I moved to Richmond in 1992 to go to Virginia Union University. There were tons of good upstanding law abiding citizens living in all of the areas mentioned in the 80s and 90s. Theres no drop-dead release date there. If anyone reading this has a compelling interest and a happy checkbook, please contact me. She believes theres something more the mental health system couldve done. The area within a 1/2 mile radius of Afton and Lynhaven saw 17 killings. Based on my brief time here in 1997, I really, really had reservations about moving back. Richmonds population hit a low of 197,790 in 2000 before starting to rise in 2010. I think so and I hope we do not have a murder on that street. Thats when I remember her. Goins was arrested in Brooklyn, entered death row on July 20, 1995, and was executed on December 6, 2000. Ive been trying to look into a homicide committed on august 14,1987..the victim was Jeff Davis, his killer was terry oconner page, I cant find anything on this particular homicide maybe because it was so long ago but if anyone can point me in a direction. * Republican Revolution in November gave control of Congress In 1936, Richmond had 29 slayings in a city of 188,000. Unfortunately after they had hyped how great the area was he moved out after being robbed in his house at gunpoint. They say its like night and day between then and now. All Right Reserved. The prosecution asserted the gang sold huge quantities of crack in one Richmond neighborhood. While I was putting this together, I kept wishing that I could hand it over to a real writer to see what would come out. This article is an exhample of why CHPN was awarded the best community blog award this year. Prosecutors and defense lawyers were bound by gag order from Judge James Spencer not to discuss the case. Old murder files show some surprises, like the 1946 murder trial of white Richmond officer Edward Dooley for fatally shooting suspected gambler Walter Willis "as the Negro fled after striking the officer with a blackjack," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch report at the time. * fire at St.James on Franklin Street Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Dispatchers transferred 38 calls to the call center from October to December 2022, and Richmonds Crisis Response Team responded to 227 calls for service from August to December 2022. Do you have any information you can share on Thomas McTernan who was beaten and killed in September 1994? I am curious to hear what your opinion is on why the homicide rate went from 161 in 1994 to 37 last year. We had another one who was shot mulitiple times earlier in the week, yet the bullets missed every vital organ and the victim lives. Before French there were other developers who were investigated by the FBI. Sorry John, I see it all, but most of what I see doesnt get reported. 0. WebThe man who called himself Lawrence Vanner was arrested in September 2002, after police found Jun dead and buried under a pile of kitty litter in the basement of her East Crack and the early 90s, dems were tha days. ''He asked her not to tell anyone about it, not to tarnish his ministry,'' Esther Brown said. We saw a couple of evictions and then the house condemned. The overall national demographics play a huge part in the story. i can only imagine that Richmond is a very different place from what it was back in the 90s. Excellent reporting! Heroin use was popular, even among good college kids. * OJ Simpson chase I was born and raised in Richmond in Church Hill. In the 90s Richmond was majority black and in the areas mentioned the population was more dense. Ive lost over twenty friends and acquaintances to gun violence during those long years. The only one that I can find is the story MAN IS KILLED IN SHOOTING ON SOUTH SIDE from February 6, 1994 that starts off: A 24-year-old man was shot in the head several times early yesterday in South Richmond and died less than an hour later. Richardson the morning after the murder. He was taken to a Medical College of Virginia hospital where he died, police said. Someone said things changed because of gentrification? http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/. Legalized drugs mean that people dont have to resort to violence to settle disputes. great job on doing your homework about richmond , back in the days, it was crazy back then, i was a part of all the madness in Richmond back then. My housemates and I lived across the street from a very active crack house, we saw people dealing guns and drugs from the trunk of a car parked in front of our house, and we heard close gunfire (usually in the alley next to our house)every single night. We knew what areas to stay away from (Gilpin Court, Whitcomb Court, Fairfield, etc.) document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I dont know about that: your link is to a report about a stabbing in Oregon Hill, which seems to disprove your point about things not being reported. The RPDs online Crime Incident Information Center and the Richmond-Times Dispatchs online Homicide Report have data for the following years. Family members and friends of Thomas and Brown filled opposite sides of the York courtroom Thursday to hear Thomas enter his guilty pleas. @CM thanks & thats funny! A compelling look at the record # of #RVA homicides in 1994: http://t.co/d7icBF8i0P The upside being the improvements since, but still grim. RICHMOND, Va. -- An investigation is underway after a man's body was found in the woods line at Pine Camp on Richmond's North Side Saturday afternoon. its come a long ways. Thanks for this presentation, John. Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. need your help for this. Stories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. Virginia Ross was also found murdered that year in another retirement high-rise in Northside on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. The bad elements were basically forced out through gentrification. (804) 646-0712 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. To boot, weve solved 74 percent or 14 of 19 casesof homicides in 2010. It was reported locally, almost immediately, and then followed up by official information the next day and then a few days later. Ive pulled in Tabers table & graph: I find this data hard to believe. John QUESINBERRY Jr. Monte Ralph Frederick Im told the judge in the case ordered that any member of the parole board considering Monique for parole must review the crime scene photos before making a decision. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. i know people that killed and were killed. I dont think that it is under-reporting, per se, so much as just limited media and a sort of geographic bias. Physicians are required by law to report shootings and stabbings to police, so I very much doubt there are any going unreported. While these murder are very tragic, it is street crime. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. Many, many criminals have simply aged to the point that they are no longer the great threat that they were. I never did or sold drugs, never got involved in any crimes and didnt associate with anyone who did. Great job! Then he shot her, turned her body over, shot her at least five more times, and set her body afire. Nothing seems to abate the obvious drug dealing going on at that stretch. White homicides often got more in-depth treatment in the news than the usual few paragraphs for black victims. At one point during the year, the bodies were dropping fast enough to put the city on target for 182 killings by the end of December. Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009. A Richmond man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for owning a firearm while being a convicted felon, according to the Department of Justice. Goins escaped the scene of the shooting and went on the run, leading to a manhunt by Richmond Police and the FBI that stretched from Virginia to New York. So far in 2010, Richmond has seen 19 murders (6 of which have come in the East End). The Briley brothers were a gang of drug dealers who permiated the Church Hill area and were responsible for murders, robberies, assualts and stealing in general. McEachin says one program that helped to reduce the rate was Project Exile, launched in 1997, which moved the prosecution of felons caught with guns to federal court, where there was a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison. TIPTON. SAVINO Idaho man breaks world record for fire sword throws and catches. Jake Are you saying that the RPD is not reporting murders? "It's difficult to understand, frankly, how one human being can do that to another human being," he said. Baker SMALLWOOD Sr. Michael Marnell If you have any information, contact Henrico Police at (804) 501-5000 or our Cold Case Investigators at (804) 501-5304. ''I would anticipate that they would appeal on that,'' said Jake Smith, York commonwealth's attorney. Ukrainian drone crashes 60 miles from Moscow, prompting Putin military order, Couples consider third and fourth partners in 'Seeking Brother Husband' coming soon to TLC. Results of a DNA test released at Thursday's trial said that it is 99.99 percent certain that Hugh Brown was the father of the fetus the medical examiner discovered in Thomas' body. Almost every rib was not only broken, but shattered. As of July 10, 2010, Richmond has gone 48 days without a homicide the 3rd longest period since at least 1980. The lower Mosby housing development has great impact on this section of Church Hill even though that particular development is comparatively safe considering the other eastend housing developments in recent years. This was surprising to me at initially, that someone being shot or stabbed wouldnt be newsworthy. I moved here to Church Hill in 1992. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. My rewards, in 2017, are all related to dancing in and out of the nightmares that dominated Richmonds realities. Spend a day in the ER at MCV and then you tell me honestly how you feel. Lance I see victims of gun violence all the time, yet it isnt always reported, therefore, please dont think Richmond is becoming any safer. Richmond Police discovered her naked body lying on the bed. Just realized that the current 48 day stretch without a homicide in the city is the longest since at least 1980. Thanks as usual for great reporting. Yes, Chuck Richardson went down for heroin, but how does compare to Mayor Youngs arrest? John amazing job. * George Allan takes office Police attributed the violence to the prevalence of crack cocaine. She faces 10 years to life in prison. Medical and technological advances are also keeping more people alive, she adds. Powerball ticket forgotten in coat pocket turns out to be $1 million winner. Richmonds body count had topped out over 100 for the previous 6 years and the city had already earned a dangerous reputation by the mid-1980s (if not earlier). Here are the source population and homicide numbers for Richmond 1934-2010. ''The guilty plea was an easy thing for him,'' said Christine Claiborne, a family friend of Thomas'. WebRICHMOND, Va. One of the worst murders this city has even seen happened in 1993 and the horror lives on in seclusion in a state prison cell. In 1936, a Mrs. Smoot allegedly said "I'll kill him before I'll let anybody else have him," before killing her long-cheating husband. And this story is proof. Violence in the black community was a recurring topic in the media, framed with anger and helplessness. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Animal control officers in New Jersey said seven sheep found running loose after an apparent slaughterhouse escape will have a new permanent home at a sanctuary. During the sentencing, Duling reviewed Anderson's extensive record and glanced at a picture of the murder scene before the body of Caroline Cooke was removed, the T-D reported at the time. heard drivebys sitting out front on N 24th/Clay. I rented a house in Union Hill in 1997, and moved back in 2004 when my husband and I bought our house here. WebDebbie Dudley Davis, a 35-year-old account executive, was murdered between 9:00 p.m. on September 18, 1987, and 9:30 a.m. on September 19, 1987, in her Westover Hills apartment. [3] crack houses everywhere. This explains ALOT about why my west end friends were so afraid for me moving to the Fan in 1997 and then when I told them Id bought a house in Church Hill in 1998. simply the best news article/reporting to come out of Richmond in a long time. Out of curiosity, I crunched these numbers into the annual murder rate (FBI uses incidents per 100,000 population). She has also burned her maternal uncle's Bible and set his bed on fire.". My brother was the 47th homicide victim that year in April, on Lynnhaven Ave. Its a totally different place now. most of us from the Clan have all done time or is still locked up. His first two sentences cast doubt on the veracity of the homicide numbers, thats what Im responding to. In addition to the homicides in the city, there was an amplified smear of of violence across the region that year, with multiple accounts of drive-by shootings and gunmen firing into crowds making the newspaper (including the article above, on shots fired into a crowd gathered around an ambulance). WebRICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A 21-year-old man who authorities say wiped out his girlfriends family because he was enraged she had become pregnant was convicted Tuesday of five Is that your point of reference?? RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gillies Creek Park. Not all blacks raised in poor crime ridden areas are products of their environment. This is a great report, truly, but the reputation Richmond has as being a dangerous place is not undeserved. I rarely visit ( I am cross-country), because those sights, smells, and sounds do not go away. I think if I spent my days in the ER of a Richmond hospital, especially MCV, Id probably doubt the safety of Richmonds streets too. WebVirginias murder rate was comparatively smaller than the countrys average, which stood at 4.5 murders per 100,000. Portraying our communities as death sentences for anyone looking to move to an area. Venable is a major Street in Union Hill that is in need of physical help but it is not a particulary dangerous Street . A 1989 law under the federal drug kingpin statute made murder during a continuing criminal enterprise a capital crime. I found that assault numbers seem to be more representative in those instances: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4969/clipboard01le.jpg. asked the first line of a newspaper report in February of 1941. Were getting beyond what I know & Ill leave it at this: Way less people are being killed in Richmond than ever before. He was just out of it. ''He started the meeting off in prayer, then he asked his son if Angel was pregnant by him,'' Esther Brown said, using Thomas' nickname. Crack cocaine-fueled murders were spreading across the city like a prairie fire. I distinctly remember her being shot on Friday 4/1/1994 but she died in the early morning of 4/2/1994 after my family made the decision to take her off of life support. Great reporting, John. @julestools I specifically had in mind Venable and Pink Street, to 24th and Cedar. Sixty and seventy years ago, city leaders were talking about hiring blacks in the police department and about "economic conditions" and "educational opportunities" to slow the steady tide of death. RICHMOND, Va. --The startling run of murders in Richmond during the past two weekends has the mayor and police chief making "a plea for peace. i apologize for the mayhem myself and my associates caused back then. The sad truth is that if you are middle or upper class, you have almost no chance of being a victim of violent crime. Dan-I was referring to the media. It would be interesting, and I think more informative. The 31 homicides showing in the RPD database show no killings in May, Aug, and Dec 2008. I wonder what happened to her and her little sister Kenya? RICHMOND, Va. One of the worst murders this city has even seen happened in 1993 and the horror lives on in seclusion in a state prison cell. And they eventually pinned four of the murders on a schizophrenic homeless man named Leslie Leon Burchart, one of the strangest and most pitiful humans I have ever interviewed. The yearly toll stayed over 100 for 10 straight years, hitting 161 in 1994 and 140 in 1997. Thank you for putting this list together. Some of my neighbors have lived here for 35-45 years and tell about the crazy stuff that went down. "We need your help.". I really felt sorry for him. Ill be excerpting this story for a ByrdPark.net feature so people can reminisce and/or thank their lucky stars. I was one of the medics caught up in that mess. * Disney tried to open a theme park in VA For reported, I assumed that he was referring to the media, not the police. Police said Robinson was shot with a handgun. Great research, and great job, John. YORK The last thing Hugh Joseph Brown heard his pregnant girlfriend say was that she loved him. The majority of crimes and shooting was black on black (and, sadly, that is likely still the case). CHANDLER Jr. Richard Marc Mental health specialists began seeing her at age four for her aggressiveness, hyperactivity, pulling out hair, smearing feces. I am a big believer in the broken window theory! A lot of people around the neighborhood describe the streets as about as safe as the Wild West back in the days when drugs were the top priority for many in the community. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2018. Three years after Caroline Cookes murder, Richmond police detective Jan McTernan found the killer through a fingerprint on a car of spray starch inside found inside Mrs. Cookes home in the citys sedate Museum District. Richardson he feared he would shame his family by having a child out of wedlock with 17-year-old Gwendolyn C. Thomas. An article in todays Richmond Times-Dispatch reports event lower numbers for 2008 and 2009 than I was given (36 and 41): Richmond reported 39 homicides for all of 2009, which was higher than 2008s 32 slayings but still low when viewed historically. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The World's Ugliest Dog Contest, held annually in California, announced applications are now available for owners of aesthetically-challenged canines seeking to prove the unsightliness of their pooches. as a member of the infamous Poison Clan Posse i saw first hand some of the violence that took place back then and i can confirm what you guys are saying. A second job I had for a while was selling newspapers at the Times Dispatch (phone sales) and they would not even deliver to most of Church Hill then! SPEIGHT, Douglas Christopher I think things are much better than they used to be. Her lips and eras were torn. WebSeptember 22, 1993: 1: Virginia, USA : Herman Charles BARNES: June 27, 1985: 2: Virginia, USA : Gregory Warren BEAVER. We had just a hair over 20 killings per 100,000 residents in 2010, a number on par with recent years and a far cry form a high of 81 per 100,000 in 1994. Well-done!! The sheer number of killings on Southside in 1994 is shocking. The category of assault is fairly broad, perhaps there is a specific category or type of assault should be be pulled out for comparison. CHPN focuses on activities and events at the neighborhood level, and on larger events with direct impact on the community. That was a terrible time for Richmond. The number started rising in the mid-1980s and jumped to 100 in 1988. But the black-on-black violent crime problem was stark and bluntly reported on 75 years ago: "Why were there 11 times as many homicides committed by Negroes in Richmond last year than by white persons?" A neighbor saw guns being run out of a van around the corner by the barber shop recently mentioned at 27th and Marshall. Learn how your comment data is processed. Brown, 27, of Mechanicsville, the son of a Richmond preacher, had told York Investigator J.E. http://t.co/klfqBMoNxl. a lot of violence. THOMAS, Richard Since then, Richmond has also had the quiet months of February 2010 and June 2010. At least I know the police are just around the corner and will be at my door in less than 5 minutes if I call (and Ive called before). The city was all-but killed by the skyrocketing murder rates during the crack cocaine years in the late 1980s through the mid-90s. About Us GRAPH: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia), DATA: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia). Who was Carrie Davis, who was killed on Harrison Street? There was drug violence across the country but because the news picked and chose what crimes to report on, the world only saw black on black crime and those stereotypes have prevailed to this day. Fairfield court / north side highland park areas, south side Jeff D turnpike / afton ave. Yes there is violence, but you *cant* say that it isnt safer. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. if anybody else has conflicting data lets see it and YOUR bonafides. Im not sure how to really parse this. They *could* just do Richmond but that would just perpetuate the stereotype of not being able to get 10 feet into the city without being robbed and shot. In his confession, Brown said Thomas had been telling people he had made her pregnant. Horgas was pondering this question the next day when he came across a teletype alert from Richmond that made his hands shake. and pray for the famalies of victims killed by my former associates. Tapir briefly escapes enclosure at Florida zoo. And, unfortunately, I remember several friends and acquaintances that got involved as users. The defendants could receive the death penalty or life in prison. Why do I still live here? But standing out amidst this bloodbath was an alarming number of older women, living alone, murdered in their homes. To add one more macabre item to this horrible year in April, 1994 Timothy Spencer, aka the Southside Strangler for his murderous rampage on the Southside in 1987, was put to death. Each of these quiet months has come in ''I just got upset and I reacted.''. Trial inspired career in court. Is Richmond a safer place now than it was in the 1990s? Prosecutors alleged they operated a cocaine ring in Richmond and Virginia's eastern Henrico County. More than a dozen of them. The alert detailed two recent murders on Richmonds affluent Southside. ''I guess I just got tired of it and, you know, like I said, there was my father being a minister and everything and there's pressure on us anyway,'' he said. Yes, not all of the non-fatal incidents make the big media. A fourth defendant, Sandra Reavis, was not charged with murder but was convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Subscribe Those of you who think that nothing can be done for the neighborhood until crime is curtailed are mistaken. He said ''it was the only way out that would quiet everything down and keep my parents from having to go through so much.''. When she was found slain in the living room of her home in January 1993, we heard whispers of how horrible it was, that she had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death. It was rough, a lot of the city was physically deteriorated, the downtown traffic count on a Saturday morning was about 5 cars per hour and the council was in disarray. A startling picture in the December 1989 issue of Richmond Surroundings, this magazines predecessor, shows a mans body lying in bloody snow on Old Brook Road. When I stated I was moving here, and to Church Hill, Richmonders tried to warn me away from this area. Increase in firearms blamed by police.". At the outset of the trial, U.S. Attorney Richard Cullen said it was the first such case in the country under the 3-year-old law involving multiple defendants who faced the death penalty if convicted. There were anomalies a fatal stabbing in a the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant on Grace Street, the murders of 2 elderly women in retirement homes, a body found in the canal by Tredegar Street but overwhelmingly the stories from 1994 are those of young black men found dead or dying on streets like Idlewood Avenue, Hull Street, and Afton Avenue. Areas mentioned the population was more dense fell over 50 percent from 1993 to 2015 the for. 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