About Us Caroline Cooke was one of them. 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. There were 9 killings in the Byrd Park/Randolph/Maymount area in 1994, including an early evening double homicide in a store parking lot. WebMan dies of apparent gunshot wound in South Richmond Richmond detectives make two arrests in shooting on East 21st Street Arrest made in Broad Street fatal shooting New YORK The last thing Hugh Joseph Brown heard his pregnant girlfriend say was that she loved him. Working at MCV, I saw alot of people the last couple of months that died of either stabbings or gun shots. After my parents divorce we moved uptown. You have great ammunition for the school year nowgreat summer project! Many, many criminals have simply aged to the point that they are no longer the great threat that they were. Movies and the hype of gangsta rap did help each. Do you have any information you can share on Thomas McTernan who was beaten and killed in September 1994? The two families agreed to have experts compare blood samples from Thomas' baby and Hugh Brown after the baby was born, Esther Brown said. Prosecutors alleged they operated a cocaine ring in Richmond and Virginia's eastern Henrico County. The Briley Brothers crime spree was 1979. no one came to see me there and i had a rottweiler. NAPOLETANO Jr. Syvasky Richmond was known as The Murder Capital back then. Thanks for this presentation, John. CHPN focuses on activities and events at the neighborhood level, and on larger events with direct impact on the community. They would collectively be called the Golden Years cases. Were getting beyond what I know & Ill leave it at this: Way less people are being killed in Richmond than ever before. Back in 2003-2007 there were 7 killings within 5 blocks of my house (almost 2/year). The mother had to work two jobs while the father was out of the country working so the kids were on their own most of the time hanging with the wrong crowds. Yes, Chuck Richardson went down for heroin, but how does compare to Mayor Youngs arrest? But Mrs. Cookes daughter and one of her neighbors fear that theres not enough oversight and control in the mental health system for someone as dangerous as Monique Anderson. 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. Virginia Ross was also found murdered that year in another retirement high-rise in Northside on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. I befriended the chef at the Chinese Restaurant on Grace a few months before his untimely, and baffling, death. Thank you very much in advance. 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. * baseball strike Subscribe Physicians are required by law to report shootings and stabbings to police, so I very much doubt there are any going unreported. Who was Carrie Davis, who was killed on Harrison Street? But once houses were being renovated things turned around. Shockoe Bottom has not been the same since the murders. Lived off Jeff Davis in 98 for 2 yrs about 1mile south of Afton ave. Got involved in all the wrong things in those years and they have shaped my future immensely. Is my perception that far off? This is a great report, truly, but the reputation Richmond has as being a dangerous place is not undeserved. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gillies Creek Park. .please.. You can go to the RTD online archive at http://www.timesdispatch.com/archive/ and search older articles. 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. Quite a few died. 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. on target for 182 killings by the end of December, setting check points at hot spots across the city, list of incidents from 1994 in comparison to, http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4969/clipboard01le.jpg, http://cwaynetaylor.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/crime-assaults/, Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009, http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers, 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. I recently saw the autopsy report. After going 28+ years without a break, the city has seen no murders in 3 of the last 8 months. 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. The case will proceed next week to a penalty phase. THOMAS, Richard Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. 2005 and 2007 are a clear example of this. Forensics, community policing, and overall professionalism have made huge differences. And theres treatment. Graduating two years late. 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. She believes theres something more the mental health system couldve done. I know as a young white guy back then why I felt much safer in the Fan than East End. 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. He then shot Thomas to death, doused her body with charcoal lighter fluid and set it afire, he said. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. Family members and friends of Thomas and Brown filled opposite sides of the York courtroom Thursday to hear Thomas enter his guilty pleas. But one day in 20 more years, for sure Monique will have served her time and will get out. WebRICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gillies Creek Park. I think so and I hope we do not have a murder on that street. This was a level of violence virtually unimaginable today: 2 would-be robbers of a Henrico jewelry store were killed in a shoot-out with the police, 2 Chesterfield teens robbed and killed a car salesman, a man killed 2 elderly women in 2 different retirement homes, an infant was basically boiled to death, two masked gunmen opened fire in the parking lot at 5PM on a Sunday evening on Meadow Street, one single block of Afton Avenue recorded 5 separate killings over the course of the year, an entire family was slaughtered in Gilpin Court, and there was a triple killing in Sugar Bottom. We had another one who was shot mulitiple times earlier in the week, yet the bullets missed every vital organ and the victim lives. I was 17 in 1994-5 and ran all over those streets. Looking back, it was a frightening time to live in the city of Richmond in the early 90s. Interesting walk back in time. But detectives and police brass kept the details to themselves so they could catch the killer. TIPTON. if anybody else has conflicting data lets see it and YOUR bonafides. 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. I dont think that it is under-reporting, per se, so much as just limited media and a sort of geographic bias. John, youre too modest. WebWith a crime rate of 34 per one thousand residents, Richmond has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009. The Oct. 14 rampage, in which Christopher Goins girlfriend was shot nine times but survived, was the worst mass murder in Richmonds 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. It would be interesting to find out what percentage of shooting and stabbing victims wind up at MCV. WebThe murder clearance rate hit an all-time low in 2020, and data analyzed by a nonprofit shows that trend continued last year. 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. I love my city. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) A woman was found dead in Gillies Creek Park in Richmonds East End after an apparent shooting, according to Richmond Police. James Briley executed for killing a pregnant Richmond woman and her 5-year-old son. In 2021, only 51% of homicides were solved, The house we bought was not on the market and a friend at the time turned us on to it. This drop has given Richmond something previously unseen: the month without any homicides. 4. A 1989 law under the federal drug kingpin statute made murder during a continuing criminal enterprise a capital crime. 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. 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. Not to say theyre less important but, as a reader, I wouldnt care if a woman stabbed another if they were acquainted. 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. Postal Service stopped mail delivery to Whitcomb Court until ordered back on the rounds by a Federal judge. Each received at least one death sentence for his crimes, plus various terms of imprisonment. IMO, things could EASILY get that bad again. All Right Reserved. In his confession, Brown said Thomas had been telling people he had made her pregnant. She doesnt want to be around anybody, her mother told me. What followed is described by one member of the homicide squad as the worst crime scene he saw in his entire career. Wake up america. He was just out of it. i know people that killed and were killed. The reported twists and turns and passions surrounding the case made it read like it happened today. From his perspective he sees alot more than may actually have been reported to the police. 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). But business was good, and thats why the drug trade and its attendent violence flourished here in Richmond. I left Richmond in 1999. Three bison escape Maine farm, two recaptured. There were more people killed in July and August of 1994 than in all of 2008. Just something to ponder. There is a growing area of the East End, encompassing Union Hill, St.Johns, the southern areas of Fairmount and Church Hill North, Fulton, and Montrose where this type of violence has receded since 200607 and is increasingly foreign. 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. Were you working there at the height of the RVA violence? He was killed Feb.5 1994 near Jeff Davis Hwy in Richmonds south side. We have many His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 13. I was around in the 90s and remember many of these murders. There were tons of good upstanding law abiding citizens living in all of the areas mentioned in the 80s and 90s. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. In addition to the homicides in the city, there was an Unfortunately the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults and I dont have the desire to dig for it. No, the Fulton Hill Hustlers were not Crips or Bloods, but I think they left at least 10 bodies in their wake. The results are pretty striking, even adjusted for population. But many of the homicides were a result of arguments, fights and robberies. Right now Richmond as a city is at the longest stretch without a killing in at least 30 years! This is where the community blogs (and the police department) make a difference in getting information out to areas. http://transitionalneighborhoodlowdown.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/is-richmond-1-in-homicides/. There were more murders that April than in the first 6 months of 2010. We moved to Church Hill in 1999. Wow, I never knew that this report existed. Nothing seems to abate the obvious drug dealing going on at that stretch. I have to admit, the story about the 14 year old and her family broke my heart. QUESINBERRY Jr. Monte Ralph If youre interested in seeing what isnt always reported, the RPD puts out a daily report in Noteworthy Incidents that includes a number of non-fatal stabbings/shootings that dont get a mention on tv, the newspaper, or even here (though I do get it on the CHPN twitter). #40 on the list, Debbie Gray, was my aunt and one of my best friends. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Crime is managed while at the same time working to improve other things that are just as important. The search for Goins dominated the headlines in Richmond in the weeks before he was captured, seeming to take the focus of police and communities otherwise unable to stop the flood of violence around them. chimbarozo park was crazy dangerous. Source: Richmond Commonwealths Attorneys Office, Is Richmond a safer place now than it was in the 1990s? Virtually every inch of Mrs. Cookes body was covered with lacerations and contusions. So far in 2010, Richmond has seen 19 murders (6 of which have come in the East End). 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. She had the ability to act perfectly normal. Horgas was pondering this question the next day when he came across a teletype alert from Richmond that made his hands shake. Seen on safari: Crocodile swings from elephant's tail. need your help for this. The yearly toll stayed over 100 for 10 straight years, hitting 161 in 1994 and 140 in 1997. Newcomers, such as myself, are under no preconceived notions. I almost forgot, I had a cook out the night the the Briley bros. (one at least) were executed. * fire at St.James on Franklin Street A usual police response to a call back then was , what do you expect when you live up here? Unfortunately after they had hyped how great the area was he moved out after being robbed in his house at gunpoint. Ive pulled in Tabers table & graph: I find this data hard to believe. 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. By the early '50s, the public discussion of the subject - and the sensitivities surrounding it - had it sounding very much like the discussions of today. We knew what areas to stay away from (Gilpin Court, Whitcomb Court, Fairfield, etc.) The Richmond VA murder/homicide rate for (I am 42 now and left Richmond in 2001 after a spiritual awakening). Violence in the black community was a recurring topic in the media, framed with anger and helplessness. Trial inspired career in court. Her baby and her relationship with Hugh Brown were the focus of her dreams about the future, according to family members interviewed after the trial. my first apartment was in church hill in 97. its every bit as dangerous as this article says it was. The app features breaking news alerts, live video, weather radar, traffic incidents, closings and delays and more. Debbie Davis, an accounts clerk, had been found dead in her apartment on Sept. 19, 1987. The six-woman, six-man U.S. District Court jury deliberated 11 hours over two days before returning the verdicts on the 17th day of the trial. 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. Unfortunately, the Richmond Police are not able to easily provide data for the years before 1998, so to get a look at anything earlier I had to dig it up for myself. Police said Robinson was shot with a handgun. WebBrown'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. http://cwaynetaylor.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/crime-assaults/. The Richmond Police were able to provide a chart showing the killings per month covering the years 1980-2004. WebRichmond homicide totals since 1957 breaking Richmond homicide totals since 1957 Oct 14, 2016 0 Richmond homicide totals since 1957, compiled from data from Richmond 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. Looking back, it was a 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. Ive lived in Church Hill and on the west end (which doesnt count). I find this data hard to believe. I know that its not cool to always inject race into these discussions, but it is an important aspect of why a lot of white Richmonders might not recall 1994 as Richmonds worst year. 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. * OJ Simpson chase The unidentified mans violent death was one of 100 homicides in 1988, the first year of triple-digit killings in Richmond. Before French there were other developers who were investigated by the FBI. Ive got updated data going back to 1934. Great article though I wonder what exactly would make the author remark that they would not be surprised to see a body drop on Venable? most of us from the Clan have all done time or is still locked up. I would be very surprised to have a murder happen on Venable and completely disagree with your statement about Venable and wonder why you would say that and what facts you are using to make such a derogatory statement? Its extremely unlikely shell get out this time and any year soon. both my kids were born in Richmond. The longest period with no homicides runs from Thursday, July 24, 2008, to Friday, September 26, 2008 a span of 64 days. EVONITZ. But wasnt nothi g like the Gilpin court massacre I remember that like it was yesterday, how ol boy ran in the house and killed everything moving. She then move back there. 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. 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