Beacher Hackney

The U.S. Marshals have added a suspected murderer to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive list. Beacher Ferrel Hackney is wanted in Hot Springs, Va., for the premeditated murders of two co-workers.

Hackney, 61, was employed as a janitor at the Homestead Resort. Hackney, known to be a loner, was reportedly upset with two of his supervisors, Dwight Kerr and Ronnie Stinnett, for taking him off night shift and putting him on the busier dinner shift.

On the evening of March 21, 2009, after being told by a supervisor to find something to do instead of standing around with his hands in his pockets, Hackney allegedly brandished a gun and began shooting at Kerr. Read the rest of this entry »

ERIC JUSTIN TOTH

Possession of Child Pornography; Production of Child Pornography

REWARD: The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Eric Justin Toth.

Eric Justin Toth, a former private-school teacher, is wanted for allegedly possessing child pornography in Washington, DC. It is alleged that in June of 2008, pornographic images were found on a school camera that had been in Toth’s possession. Toth also allegedly produced child pornography in Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – William Britt says all he wants is for his brother’s body to be found and now he is offering a massive and unique reward for information to make that happen.
“My brother was brutally murdered roughly between the dates of April 12 and April 15, 2011″ says William Britt.
Britt wants closure.
“The murder was violent and it was calculated.”
He wants closure for himself and for his mother. Read the rest of this entry »

Jose Rosales, a Guatemalan immigrant was a handyman, for the Brar family of Centreville, Virginia, working at their mansion and in their construction and real estate businesses.
He was also a devout Christian who led Bible study classes at his church — at least when he wasn’t working to send money home to Guatemala, where his two sons are in college. He’d been in America for eight years, hoping to earn enough money to buy a farm back in his homeland. Read the rest of this entry »

Between 1986 and 1989, at least eight individuals and possibly an additional four more were killed in the Colonial Parkway area of Virginia. The serial killer has never been found and the Colonial Parkway murders remain unsolved.
On October 12, 1986, the bodies of Cathleen Thomas (27) and Rebecca Ann Dowski (21) were found by a jogger in the back seat of their vehicle. The vehicle was pushed down an embankment off the Colonial Parkway in area frequented by gay couples. Their throats were slashed, rope burns were found around their neck and wrists as well as signs of strangulation. Read the rest of this entry »

The reward for a tip that cracks the over eight-year-old unsolved slayings of Henry County’s (Virginia) Short family was increased to $100,000 today, reflecting “the desire to solve the case,” the Henry County sheriff said.

The boost in the reward, from the previous pot of $67,000, came from a $20,000 contribution from the FBI and $13,000 from the Henry County supervisors, Sheriff Lane Perry said at a news conference in Martinsville. Henry County contributed most of the earlier amount. Read the rest of this entry »

Virginia State Police are still searching for a killer in the 2003 death of a Goochland County realtor. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Joan W. Weigelhofer and investigators hope the release of additional information in the case will help generate new leads from the public.
On Aug. 14, 2003, Ms. Weigelhofer, 59, was found shot to death in her Goochland County real estate office, Busy Bee Realty Company, located at 4119 Broad Street. Her coworkers last saw her alive at approximately 3 p.m. that afternoon as they left the office for the day. Ms. Weigelhofer remained at the office alone to finish up some work.
Her body was discovered in the office shortly before 6 p.m. Her killer used a .40-caliber handgun. Investigators believe Ms. Weigelhofer was familiar with her attacker, as there was no sign of forced entry and it was uncharacteristic of her to open the door to a stranger while alone at the office.
A passerby reported observing a late-model, dark-colored green or black sports utility vehicle parked in front of the office around 4:45 p.m. that day. The office is located just north of the Powhatan County line…
The family of Joan W. Weigelhofer pleads for any information and is
offering a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person(s) responsible for her murder.
An additional $5000 has been contributed by a close family friend
Special Agent T. C. Collins
Virginia State Police
Telephone (804) 553-3409