And theres treatment. This months look back is from our December 1989 and March 1993 issues. Brown's 16-page confession, taped the morning after the Aug. 12 slaying, was summarized for the record Thursday in York Circuit Court after he pleaded guilty to Thomas' murder. No, the Fulton Hill Hustlers were not Crips or Bloods, but I think they left at least 10 bodies in their wake. Could you run that back a little further? 4. But many of the homicides were a result of arguments, fights and robberies. According to a prison source and Moniques mom, she has spent most of the past two decades in seclusion in prison. Not all blacks raised in poor crime ridden areas are products of their environment. At the end of 2008 going into 2009, the run of 56 spanning November 9, 2008, to January 4, 2009, is the 2nd longest period. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Zoo Miami in Florida confirmed a Malayan tapir briefly escaped from its enclosure Tuesday before being safely contained about an hour later. The overall national demographics play a huge part in the story. The leaders of the notorious Newtowne gang were locked up in 1992 after killing 13 people in a furious month and a half. Great reporting, John. That and the spike in 1942 are from annexation of county land/population. Out of curiosity, I crunched these numbers into the annual murder rate (FBI uses incidents per 100,000 population). Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A swimmer visiting a beach in New South Wales, Australia, found a mussel-covered message in a bottle that turned out to have traveled more than 185 miles. Privacy / Use / Copyright / Disclaimer. "We need your help.". We had another one who was shot mulitiple times earlier in the week, yet the bullets missed every vital organ and the victim lives. Because the information was pulled from news accounts, some of the dates and locations might be somewhat off, but are generally accurate. I almost forgot, I had a cook out the night the the Briley bros. (one at least) were executed. Things got so bad that the U.S. She thought he would be her ticket out.''. I really would like to know more info on the murder of Harold David Robertson Jr. Here are the source population and homicide numbers for Richmond 1934-2010. There's no question firearms were a big problem In the early 1900s, including revolvers, rifles and sawed-off shotguns. i can only imagine that Richmond is a very different place from what it was back in the 90s. i found a body next to my car one time. chimbarozo park was crazy dangerous. Working at MCV, I saw alot of people the last couple of months that died of either stabbings or gun shots. As Harry Kollatz Jr. noted in his March 1993 feature article Murder in the City, Richmonds homicides climbed as the population dropped from a high of 249,521 in 1971 down to 203,056 in 1990. I am happy to hear that reality is gone. being a young jamaican hustler holding it down in Dodge City. 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. * baseball strike Ive pulled in Tabers table & graph: I find this data hard to believe. 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. There Brown laid out the sheet and they had consensual sex. Despite all the madness though, i loved RIchmond. but i was determined to live on my own and it was all i could afford. 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. Cardwell told the judge she shared LaRuffa's "disappointment with the juvenile justice system," but added, "this defendant represents an extreme danger to the community," the T-D reported. This spike has city leaders asking the same questions that generations of mayors, council members and police brass have in this deadly southern city. Timothy Martin got a job in 2007 as a prosecutor for the Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. Everyone wore shower caps (whenever they were shown on the news, they always had on shower caps) and we turned off all the lights to make sure there was enough electricity for the deed. if anybody else has conflicting data lets see it and YOUR bonafides. Caroline Cooke was one of them. Do you think that Federal Incarceration programs like Project EXILE played a part? Horgas was pondering this question the next day when he came across a teletype alert from Richmond that made his hands shake. This city has so much potential. 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. Brown, 27, of Mechanicsville, the son of a Richmond preacher, had told York Investigator J.E. I see way less people out there now. She lived there before they tore it down and built the projects. He was killed Feb.5 1994 near Jeff Davis Hwy in Richmonds south side. It was a huge story for the city because so many felt the fear. After my parents divorce we moved uptown. John, just because people dont die from a shooting doesnt mean its any safer. @2020 - Church Hill Peoples News. 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. I get that, but in lieu of hard numbers, Im looking at the homicide rate as a proxy for the amount of general violence in the city. If I was grading this as an undergraduate research paper, Id give you an A. and got used to hearing gun shots and running away. Ive been in my house 13 years and God-willing Ill be here for many more. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Maine said one bison remained on the loose Tuesday after three of the animals were seen running loose on a road Monday. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Dictionary.com is adding 313 new terms and 130 new definitions to keep up with the ever-changing modern lexicon. Working at MCV, I saw alot of people the last couple of months that died of either stabbings or gun shots. Unfortunately the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults and I dont have the desire to dig for it. I post hard data showing that RIchmond is safer than any time in the past 60 years and your response its not a safe enough place to live or visit? Not just murders. JohnAt the risk of putting more work on your shoulders, would be interesting to see if the ratio of aggravated assaults (which the RPD set aside as a notable category) to homicides shows any more stability than your previous assault:homicide ratio did. 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. To look at this a little bit, I just pulled the assault numbers for the past 5 years (going back to 2004 as the murder count was close to 100 that year). 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. Murder rate per 100k people: 19.47. Richmond is a safe place to livewith a very few neighborhoods that are not safe. There were reports of drive-by shootings done via bicycle as the shooter did not have a drivers license yet. And , there were no witnesses because these guys had a bad habit of killing anybody that spoke up! This was surprising to me at initially, that someone being shot or stabbed wouldnt be newsworthy. Medical and technological advances are also keeping more people alive, she adds. I moved to Richmond in 89 and trust me, from 1990-1999, violence and crime was like that here in VA! Is my perception that far off? 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. Physicians are required by law to report shootings and stabbings to police, so I very much doubt there are any going unreported. Too dangerous. The four did not testify in their defense. Powerball ticket forgotten in coat pocket turns out to be $1 million winner. 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. Sadly, many of the assault incidents appear to be domestic; conversely, the murders that are not happening in Richmond seem to be the street violence killings. The level of violence and the number of drug-related street killings really do not line up with that area in 2010, hands-down the most changed in Richmond over the past 16 years. The majority of crimes and shooting was black on black (and, sadly, that is likely still the case). 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. Feb 6, 2012 Updated Aug 16, 2014. I see a lot of drug activity still, but nothing too far off from normal city living. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. a national trend towards a decrease in violence, puts out a daily report in Noteworthy Incidents, the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults, your link is to a report about a stabbing in Oregon Hill, Neighborhood Driving Zoo opens this spring, Drug activity on 25th revealed to be long-game covert opp, City releases new traffic control measures, List of streets that might be named after Confederates. From his perspective he sees alot more than may actually have been reported to the police. the Murderpedia project stay alive. Based on my brief time here in 1997, I really, really had reservations about moving back. I dont think that it is under-reporting, per se, so much as just limited media and a sort of geographic bias. Ive heard a few things credited Project Exile, sector-based policing, better community involvement, and a national trend towards a decrease in violence. In being a regional paper, the T-D would have to post incident reports from Caroline to Dinwiddie and that would take up a chunk of the paper and a lot of resources. All Right Reserved. I have to admit, the story about the 14 year old and her family broke my heart. WebAs Harry Kollatz Jr. noted in his March 1993 feature article Murder in the City, Richmonds homicides climbed as the population dropped from a high of 249,521 in 1971 down to a lot of folks were disappointed in me when they found out about my gang affiliations. John amazing job. 3, 1993 Virginia Gang members convicted of federal capital crimes RICHMOND, Va. -- Three members of a drug gang allegedly linked to 11 murders in 45 days were found Heroin use was popular, even among good college kids. There were more people killed in July and August of 1994 than in all of 2008. so many drugs coming through the area. Miller, 40, now faces up to life in prison for the murders of the elderly couple found bludgeoned and slashed to death April 9, 1993, at their farm in Richmond. Subscribe 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). a lot of violence. The violence peaked in August 1994 when 25 killings left someone dead almost every day of that month. Wow, I never knew that this report existed. According to the Pew Research Center, violent crime rates fell over 50 percent from 1993 to 2015. Richmond had 52 murders in 1968 and 89 in 1972, when the city's population was 243,000 after the big annexation of South Side. * invasion of Haiti John So many young lives lost over drugs and money. GRAPH: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia), DATA: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia). Drugs.. lots of em those years. These are the kind of statistics I enjoy reviewing, although unfortunate. Less of a direct connection that I wouldve expected, but still nice to see the trend. The house we bought was not on the market and a friend at the time turned us on to it. On Feb. 19, 2021, police approached TMar Green, 23, a A fourth defendant, Sandra Reavis, was not charged with murder but was convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Crack and the early 90s, dems were tha days. Almost every rib was not only broken, but shattered. ''The guilty plea was an easy thing for him,'' said Christine Claiborne, a family friend of Thomas'. (PDF). Prosecutors and defense lawyers were bound by gag order from Judge James Spencer not to discuss the case. They were both dead by 1985. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers. This a awesome report. 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. In neighborhoods such as Oregon Hill, Scotts Addition and Church Hill, people are out and about, comfortable, she says. Virtually every inch of Mrs. Cookes body was covered with lacerations and contusions. The drug dealers cannot operate if there is no market for their wares. The defendants could receive the death penalty or life in prison. I know some weird shit now from putting this together. Seen on safari: Crocodile swings from elephant's tail. Jake, you have a tough job, and you see the results of a lot of violence; thank you for what you do. Debbie Davis, an accounts clerk, had been found dead in her apartment on Sept. 19, 1987. I rented a house in Union Hill in 1997, and moved back in 2004 when my husband and I bought our house here. 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! The sheer number of killings on Southside in 1994 is shocking. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Virginia Ross was also found murdered that year in another retirement high-rise in Northside on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. Id add to Houdons comment the fact that MSM doesnt believe positive news sells enough papers/hits to justify spending much time on it. Three bison escape Maine farm, two recaptured. 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. Quite a few died. I am a big believer in the broken window theory! @CM thanks & thats funny! Im also going to spare you the sad stories of my association with the streets, funerals, after-hours spot and the main culprits crack cocaine and Sothern Gun World. Again, good work chpn! This is way outside of my capability to self-fund. We have many The minimum Brown could serve is 20 years in prison. Going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had three months without any homicides. Federal authorities accused the gang members of 11 murders during a 45-day span in January and February of 1992. WebStories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. I was one of the medics caught up in that mess. The Richmond VA murder/homicide rate for Given the time involved, I chose to pull the info only for 1994, which to get I had to dig through the years worth of the RTD at the Library of Virginia. dont let it get you down. Goins was arrested in Brooklyn, entered death row on July 20, 1995, and was executed on December 6, 2000. This is a great report, truly, but the reputation Richmond has as being a dangerous place is not undeserved. If you have any information, contact Henrico Police at (804) 501-5000 or our Cold Case Investigators at (804) 501-5304. The U.S. Census population estimate for 2018 was 228,783. Family members and friends of Thomas and Brown filled opposite sides of the York courtroom Thursday to hear Thomas enter his guilty pleas. It then gets swung around by the elephant until it lets go. (Im making assumptions on the Oregon Hill incident for an example.) Im not sure how to really parse this. * Kurt Cobain died. Richard Tipton, 22, was convicted of six murder charges and acquitted of two, and James H. Roane Jr., 26, was convicted of four murder counts. But it appears no one thinks 40 years in solitary confinement is going to help or reform one of the most disturbed young women this city has ever seen. 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. 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 As the number of killings in the East End has dropped, the rate has dropped in some areas and killing has started to disappear from others. Eric Ernest Wow. Ive lost over twenty friends and acquaintances to gun violence during those long years. Excellent! SMITH, Christopher Bryan In addition to the homicides in the city, there was an ''She had lost her mother, and her father had lost their home. The results are pretty striking, even adjusted for population. 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. The modernization and reform of the Richmond police department has been a great benefit to residents. http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/. He was taken to a Medical College of Virginia hospital where he died, police said. Crack cocaine-fueled murders were spreading across the city like a prairie fire. Drugs passing through all the time, saw an attempted murder outside, a brother beating on his sister (different incident), us being harassed even trying to get in and out of our cars even with them walking right up to us. They face the death penalty for convictions of murder in the furtherance of a continuing criminal drug enterprise. But these spikes - along with a steady drain of human life - have long been a part of living in a killing city, historic homicide reports and records show. He also unsuccessfully challenged the legitimacy of the search of Brown's home, where police found the gun used to kill Thomas and an empty box for 9mm shells. About Us Venable is a major Street in Union Hill that is in need of physical help but it is not a particulary dangerous Street . The revision gives us this: going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had six months without any homicides. It was reported locally, almost immediately, and then followed up by official information the next day and then a few days later. hey it might be a good time to develop some new habits. Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009. Thank you very much in advance. Weve had a 30 percent decrease in homicides compared to this same time period last year. Colette McEachin, Richmonds newly elected commonwealths attorney, started working in the prosecutors office in 1991. A compelling look at the record # of #RVA homicides in 1994: http://t.co/d7icBF8i0P The upside being the improvements since, but still grim. Richardson the morning after the murder. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. Violence in the black community was a recurring topic in the media, framed with anger and helplessness. I found that assault numbers seem to be more representative in those instances: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4969/clipboard01le.jpg. On the way to a devastating body count of 161, 1994 saw 2 months with over 20 killings, and only one month in the single digits. \When they were finally caught and jailed, their mother said, they was good boys, whenever the electricity went out they always came home with a generator. They made a well publicised prison break before they were executed. Crime is managed while at the same time working to improve other things that are just as important. Right now we have a shot gun victim, female, whos looks like shes going to make it. The Briley Brothers crime spree was 1979. Mental health specialists began seeing her at age four for her aggressiveness, hyperactivity, pulling out hair, smearing feces. Spend a day in the ER at MCV and then you tell me honestly how you feel. She had the ability to act perfectly normal. John is right. Over half of them were gunned down while the others were doing the shooting and are spending the rest of their lives behind bars. Each of these quiet months has come in 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. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman said a Powerball ticket found forgotten in the pocket of her husband's coat turned out to be a $1 million winner. I have a few ideas. The rate is significantly lower than it was in 1994, when 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 victims are at MCV doesnt mean the incident happened in Richmond. Just because you see people coming in with gunshot/stab wounds doesnt mean it isnt less than it has been in the past. They would collectively be called the Golden Years cases. Thats when I remember her. My rewards, in 2017, are all related to dancing in and out of the nightmares that dominated Richmonds realities. Do you have any information you can share on Thomas McTernan who was beaten and killed in September 1994? Despite this overall trend, Richmond, Virginia. If anyone reading this has a compelling interest and a happy checkbook, please contact me. I was born and raised in Richmond in Church Hill. Unfortunately after they had hyped how great the area was he moved out after being robbed in his house at gunpoint. Richmonds population hit a low of 197,790 in 2000 before starting to rise in 2010. The alert detailed two recent murders on Richmonds affluent Southside. Who was Carrie Davis, who was killed on Harrison Street? But homicide reports in the '30s, '40s and '50s were also thick with ice picks and knives and fatal beatings attributed to a variety of instruments, including fists. Nobody that lived here at the time is still here, except me. I have been shot at while walking along the park where the basketball courts are. I was around in the 90s and remember many of these murders. WebBriley and his brothers were linked to about a dozen murders in the Richmond area. This drop has given Richmond something previously unseen: the month without any homicides. She then move back there. When I told my uncle I was moving to Richmond 7 years ago, he was really concerned for my safety because of what hed heard. Not sure if they were flown in from other areas though. Ive got updated data going back to 1934. Great research, and great job, John. YORK The last thing Hugh Joseph Brown heard his pregnant girlfriend say was that she loved him. 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). And in the 90s, at least, many, many of the consumers were white. But once houses were being renovated things turned around. All Right Reserved. ''I just got upset and I reacted.''. The case will proceed next week to a penalty phase. Unquestionably things have improved, but murders in Shockoe Bottom, shootings and stabbings in the projects and the recent line of fire killing on Belvidere only comfirm in many peoples minds (mine included, that Richmond is not a safe (enough) place to visit or live, especially at night. It would be interesting, and I think more informative. Most of the violence of the 90s was tied to the drug trade. RT @chpn: 1994: Richmonds worst year? Heroin, lots of heroin. I love being a Richmonder. @C. Wayne Taylor Thats interesting. * Disney tried to open a theme park in VA We are able to see an area with more realistic eyes. CHANDLER Jr. Richard Marc Jake, I see victims of gun violence all the time, yet it isnt always reported. WebAs of Sunday, the Richmond Police Department (RPD) had reported 53 deadly shootings in the city, and last year at this time there had been 54. Before French there were other developers who were investigated by the FBI. Was she a VCU student? * North vs Robb vs Coleman for Senate ''I did tell her that,'' he said. World's Ugliest Dog contest seeking unalluring canines for 2023 competition. Im thinking assaults and other crimes are much higher here also. 2009 shows 41, this was later revised to 39. I see victims of gun violence all the time, yet it isnt always reported, therefore, please dont think Richmond is becoming any safer. 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. Weve definitely come a along way, despite the setbacks, but we are only about half way there. There were more murders that year than in 2007, 2008, 2009, and the 1st half of 2010 combined. Some of my neighbors have lived here for 35-45 years and tell about the crazy stuff that went down. 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. I really felt sorry for him. This happened more than once. (I dont think anyone would be surprised to see a body drop on Venable Street, though). @2020 - Church Hill Peoples News. People who are from Richmond and its suburbs cant shake off these 10-20 year old images, reported above. This year of murder brought Richmond a real boogie man. But standing out amidst this bloodbath was an alarming number of older women, living alone, murdered in their homes. Brown, 27, of Mechanicsville, the son of a Richmond preacher, had told police he feared he would shame his family by having a child out of wedlock. So of course the stats would look like blacks were just killing each other and nothing else happened as far as crime. Police arrived at the 4300 block of Tapir briefly escapes enclosure at Florida zoo. I was one of the reporters covering their stories for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. I left Richmond in 1999. The two families agreed to have experts compare blood samples from Thomas' baby and Hugh Brown after the baby was born, Esther Brown said. Thomas McTernan, beat to death on the 300 block of North Harrison after a party at the Kappa Delta Rho house, was a lance corporal in the Marines and the son of a Richmond police detective. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. CHPN focuses on activities and events at the neighborhood level, and on larger events with direct impact on the community. Joseph Brown, who also was in court, declined comment. At that time, the Fulton Hill Hustlers were active in the area as crack and heroin dealers. I wonder what happened to her and her little sister Kenya? 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