EVONITZ. Not to say theyre less important but, as a reader, I wouldnt care if a woman stabbed another if they were acquainted. This is way outside of my capability to self-fund. ''Every page had Hugh on it. On October 14, 1994, 20-year-old Christopher Goins went to the Gilpin Court apartment of 14-year-old Tamika Jones, who was seven months pregnant with Goins child, and killed Tamikas parents, her 9-year-old sister, Nicole, her 4-year-old brother, David, and her 3-year-old brother, Robert. 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. * Unabomber killed a man in New Jersey Really good job John. This city has so much potential. I see victims of gun violence all the time, yet it isnt always reported. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Lance She then move back there. Surprising to me, the relation between the number of homicides and the number of assaults doesnt show as much of a relation as I wouldve expected. Excellent reporting! World's Ugliest Dog contest seeking unalluring canines for 2023 competition. 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. There were 9 killings in the Byrd Park/Randolph/Maymount area in 1994, including an early evening double homicide in a store parking lot. 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. WebStories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. Richardson the morning after the murder. There's no question Richmond is seeing a vicious spike in homicides during the past year and a half. Yes, not all of the non-fatal incidents make the big media. I never did or sold drugs, never got involved in any crimes and didnt associate with anyone who did. Police justify fat budgets to fight such wars but is that worth the destruction it causes? Wow. 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. It would be interesting to compare the street crime to the white collar crime going on at the time- Joel Harris-style corruption for example. @CM thanks & thats funny! Ive been in my house 13 years and God-willing Ill be here for many more. "We need your help.". I was around in the 90s and remember many of these murders. John, youre too modest. Despite this overall trend, Richmond, Virginia. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. plans and enthusiasm crack houses everywhere. 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. The area within a 1/2 mile radius of Afton and Lynhaven saw 17 killings. Goins was arrested in Brooklyn, entered death row on July 20, 1995, and was executed on December 6, 2000. Richmond was known as The Murder Capital back then. Catch a clue! With recent years showing the lowest body counts since 1961, the citys population back up over 200,000, and VCU having greatly expanded, it is difficult to imagine that mid-1990s Richmond was ever real. Weve gone 38 days without a homicide as of today, which ties the streak from February 2010 AND the streak from November 2009. 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 I did not live in Richmond in the 90s. ''He asked her not to tell anyone about it, not to tarnish his ministry,'' Esther Brown said. Most of the violence of the 90s was tied to the drug trade. It then gets swung around by the elephant until it lets go. Here are the source population and homicide numbers for Richmond 1934-2010. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. Federal authorities accused the gang members of 11 murders during a 45-day span in January and February of 1992. In my opinion, Richmond has a history of overlooking white collar crime and its possible relationship to the street crime. The alert detailed two recent murders on Richmonds affluent Southside. So of course the stats would look like blacks were just killing each other and nothing else happened as far as crime. And theres treatment. SAVINO 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. Thomas' family members said they were disappointed that Brown pleaded guilty, thus avoiding the spectacle of a jury trial. 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. 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. I love being a Richmonder. Homicide numbers remained high but fairly steady - 20 to 40-plus - until the late 1960s. Antonio Hugh Brown's father, Joseph Hugh Brown, directed the meeting at his office in the Church of Christ on Dill Road in Richmond, Esther Brown said. ''The guilty plea was an easy thing for him,'' said Christine Claiborne, a family friend of Thomas'. John do you know if this is true? Put in historical perspective, Richmond is having another spike in homicides similar to the smaller ones in the early 1940s and the 1970s, but nothing like the 1990s. The results are pretty striking, even adjusted for population. Before French there were other developers who were investigated by the FBI. * Sharon Bottoms custody case was going through the courts #40 on the list, Debbie Gray, was my aunt and one of my best friends. I havent been shot at for at least a month!!! Im sorry but white people dont have crime? She believes theres something more the mental health system couldve done. 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. Thanks for this presentation, John. @2020 - Church Hill Peoples News. Dan-I was referring to the media. Privacy / Use / Copyright / Disclaimer. Shockoe Bottom has not been the same since the murders. Medical and technological advances are also keeping more people alive, she adds. She had been strangled with a ligature and ratchet-type device. Debbie Davis, an accounts clerk, had been found dead in her apartment on Sept. 19, 1987. Some of my neighbors have lived here for 35-45 years and tell about the crazy stuff that went down. My rewards, in 2017, are all related to dancing in and out of the nightmares that dominated Richmonds realities. 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! In addition to the homicides in the city, there was an Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Serial world record breaker David Rush reclaimed a Guinness World Records title when he threw and caught a fire sword 135 times in 1 minute. Carrie Davis, a 78-year-old woman who lived in the big retirement community on the 1000 block of Grace Street, was one of 2 older women killed inside their apartments that year. It would be interesting, and I think more informative. I rarely visit ( I am cross-country), because those sights, smells, and sounds do not go away. The category of assault is fairly broad, perhaps there is a specific category or type of assault should be be pulled out for comparison. No jobs, dispair, a broke government, easy drugs and a lack of hope and change could put us right back as the murder city. 3. Frederick By fall, the police were on Full Alert and were setting check points at hot spots across the city. http://cwaynetaylor.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/crime-assaults/. ''She was madly in love with him,'' said Casandra Chappell, Thomas' cousin. 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). 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. About Us Id be interested in seeing Aggravated Assault numbers for the past 10 years (or more) if anyone reading has access. I certainly did not have any idea of how dangerous the area was wow. 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. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. Family members and friends of Thomas and Brown filled opposite sides of the York courtroom Thursday to hear Thomas enter his guilty pleas. This past weekend we saw four killed in the Gilpin Court housing project, built in old Jackson Ward in 1943. It was a huge story for the city because so many felt the fear. John is right. Im thinking assaults and other crimes are much higher here also. But detectives and police brass kept the details to themselves so they could catch the killer. 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. http://transitionalneighborhoodlowdown.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/is-richmond-1-in-homicides/. 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. Theres no drop-dead release date there. Unfortunately, the FBI no longer publishes its rates in a manner by which you can easily see city comparisons. 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 RT @MRMark5: A compelling look at the record # of #RVA homicides in 1994: http://t.co/d7icBF8i0P The upside being the improvements since, b. 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 moved here to Church Hill in 1992. 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? Thank you for putting this list together. I bet thats a typo, Richmond CA has taken our old spot at the top of those lists. 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. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating following a car crash and a shooting that left 1 person dead. The Hill is safer, but still not safe enough. @2020 - Church Hill Peoples News. WebInteractive chart of the Richmond, Virginia murder rate (i.e. I am a big believer in the broken window theory! He was just out of 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? YORK The last thing Hugh Joseph Brown heard his pregnant girlfriend say was that she loved him. Unfortunately the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults and I dont have the desire to dig for it. My assumption is that the number of fatal shootings as a percentage of over-all shootings is a somewhat stable percentage that less homicides indicate that less people are, in fact, getting shot. Waco happened in 1993. 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. When I stated I was moving here, and to Church Hill, Richmonders tried to warn me away from this area. Reed Williams. Many, many criminals have simply aged to the point that they are no longer the great threat that they were. Excellent! ''I just got upset and I reacted.''. (Im making assumptions on the Oregon Hill incident for an example.) The vast majority of the victims that year were young black men, and they were shot to death. 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. RICHMOND, 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 counts of murder. Ron Ive got updated data going back to 1934. Id add to Houdons comment the fact that MSM doesnt believe positive news sells enough papers/hits to justify spending much time on it. 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. Where we now have months with no killings, a Times-Dispatch article that year thought a 10-day span without a homicide was noteworthy. Were getting beyond what I know & Ill leave it at this: Way less people are being killed in Richmond than ever before. NOTE: 2008 shows 36 homicides. 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. The modernization and reform of the Richmond police department has been a great benefit to residents. Each of these quiet months has come in the last 8 months, and 2 of them have come in 2010. I cant find any data on the number of gun shot victims in Richmond by year which to use for comparison. The city was all-but killed by the skyrocketing @julestools I specifically had in mind Venable and Pink Street, to 24th and Cedar. Stories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. Monique Anderson was just 15 when she broke into Mrs. Cookes home. She thought he would be her ticket out.''. We have many I cant locate it now, but murders in Richmond exceeded all the surrounding counties combined. She faces 10 years to life in prison. Violent crime is down 1 percent led by our homicide rate, which is at a historic low. The case will proceed next week to a penalty phase. Right now Richmond as a city is at the longest stretch without a killing in at least 30 years! I dont think that it is under-reporting, per se, so much as just limited media and a sort of geographic bias. Advertise With Us The 31 homicides showing in the RPD database show no killings in May, Aug, and Dec 2008. The Briley Brothers crime spree was 1979. I was raise uptown South Side. 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. Ive pulled in Tabers table & graph: I find this data hard to believe. Brown, 27, of Mechanicsville, the son of a Richmond preacher, had told York Investigator J.E. I see way less people out there now. Hugh Brown had told his girlfriend that they were going to run off together and get married, Brown said in his confession. For reported, I assumed that he was referring to the media, not the police. Quite a few died. 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. From the March 1993 issue of Richmond Surroundings. Learn how your comment data is processed. Each of these quiet months has come in the last 3 years, and 2 of them have come in 2010. most of us from the Clan have all done time or is still locked up. (804) 646-0712 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. Prosecutors alleged they operated a cocaine ring in Richmond and Virginia's eastern Henrico County. I am very thankful that I did not wander into harms way. The Richmond Police Department has said that they can get the data, but that it will cost between $2,500-$3,000 to pull together the pre-1998 information (as it not held electronically). They occurred in homes, alleys, outside of pubs and pool halls. Then he shot her, turned her body over, shot her at least five more times, and set her body afire. 4. ''I would anticipate that they would appeal on that,'' said Jake Smith, York commonwealth's attorney. Southsides Johnson/Brown gang, estimated to be responsible for 30 lives over 3 years, were only recently off the streets. But once houses were being renovated things turned around. 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. The revision gives us this: going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had six months without any homicides. SEVERANCE. Virtually every inch of Mrs. Cookes body was covered with lacerations and contusions. Last year the body count in the East End was 1/3 of what it was in 2004. In his confession, Brown said Thomas had been telling people he had made her pregnant. I must say how Richmond has come along way from back. I have a few ideas. The app features breaking news alerts, live video, weather radar, traffic incidents, closings and delays and more. dont let it get you down. This is a proven fact. WebThe murder clearance rate hit an all-time low in 2020, and data analyzed by a nonprofit shows that trend continued last year. This article is an exhample of why CHPN was awarded the best community blog award this year. We saw some crazy killers whose names became infamous like Pops Goins, teen-aged hit man Rakie Cloyd, and the Flax-Johnson crews. Is my perception that far off? Great research, and great job, John. The Briley Brothers 1979 killing spree and 1984 escape from death row were in recent enough history. 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. The house next door was owned by the notorious slumlord Stan Smith. It really is different here than it used to be. 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. This drop has given Richmond something previously unseen: the month without any homicides. 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 Whites and blacks were fleeing as Richmond boldly arrived on the list of the top-10 deadliest cities and then marched toward the very top. In 2021, only 51% of homicides were solved, I really felt sorry for him. 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. I left Richmond in 1999. \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. I think so and I hope we do not have a murder on that street. Super article. IMO, things could EASILY get that bad again. Those of you who think that nothing can be done for the neighborhood until crime is curtailed are mistaken. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. They were both dead by 1985. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers. With at least 70 murders mostly packed into a few dense areas, specific streets along the Jeff Davis corridor were awash with blood: Afton Avenue had 5 killings, Lynehaven Avenue had 7, the area around Minefee/Harwood/Southlawn had 6. * fire at St.James on Franklin Street It brought back a lot of cringes, but relief that those days are hopefully gone for good. Joseph Brown, who also was in court, declined comment. Neighborhood policing and the allocation of resources to trouble areas is working. * OJ Simpson chase ''She told me she loved me, and uh, that was it,'' Brown told police when he confessed to murdering Gwendolyn C. Thomas, 17, of Richmond. The search for Goins and Richmond made an appearance on Americas Most Wanted and a $15,000 reward was offered for his arrest. And I especially remember the case of Tamika Jones because we were the same age and I remember how older men were always trying to pick up young girls my age or a little older. @C. Wayne Taylor Thats interesting. The historic low of 32 was achieved in 2008, with 2009 close behind with 39. The minimum Brown could serve is 20 years in prison. 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. Newcomers, such as myself, are under no preconceived notions. I recently saw the autopsy report. 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. It worked, it was reported. So instead of doing mental gymnastics to figure out what changed, how to prevent it etc, just end this war. My brother was the 47th homicide victim that year in April, on Lynnhaven Ave. Its a totally different place now. (PDF). 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? Sorry John, I see it all, but most of what I see doesnt get reported. It was rough, to say the least. Each received at least one death sentence for his crimes, plus various terms of imprisonment. Ive lost over twenty friends and acquaintances to gun violence during those long years. 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. Was she a VCU student? You can also submit your tip through Crime Stoppers by calling (804) 780-1000 or using the P3 Tips App. Caroline Cooke was one of them. I wonder what happened to her and her little sister Kenya? This year of murder brought Richmond a real boogie man. We had another one who was shot mulitiple times earlier in the week, yet the bullets missed every vital organ and the victim lives. 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. If anyone else wants to follow up, Id be more than glad to publish the results . John, This was a great idea for several reasons. Looking at the map for the East in 1994, the 13 killings in the Church Hill area south of Fairmount seem indicative of the changes between now and then. im a 37 year old white female and grew up in highland springs. What is the basis of YOUR comparison?? No one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. 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. At that time, the Fulton Hill Hustlers were active in the area as crack and heroin dealers. If anyone reading this has a compelling interest and a happy checkbook, please contact me. 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. Looking at the map or list of incidents from 1994 in comparison to recent years and one thing really jumps out: Byrd Park/Randolph was apparently a very different place back in the bad ol days. Any one or two of these incidents might happen in a given year, but that year seemed to see it all (including a triple killing on 31st Street in Sugar Bottom, and twin killings on 30th/O Street and 30th/P Streets less than 24 hours apart). Thats well above the clearance rate for many cities our size. 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. You have to pay to read the rest of the article. I was 17 in 1994-5 and ran all over those streets. Brown had taken Thomas to the woods near Jones Mill Pond along the Colonial Parkway with a bag containing a sheet, a can of charcoal lighter fluid, a cigarette lighter and a 9mm pistol, he told York Investigator J.E. George Adrian Great reporting, John. Just something to ponder. This is where the community blogs (and the police department) make a difference in getting information out to areas. ''I did tell her that,'' he said. And , there were no witnesses because these guys had a bad habit of killing anybody that spoke up! The count dipped back into the 70s, jumped towards 100 in 2004, and has fallen dramatically the past 3 years. There Brown laid out the sheet and they had consensual sex. A fourth defendant, Sandra Reavis, was not charged with murder but was convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Curious about and fascinated by Richmonds shockingly violent semi-recent history, I thought to look and see where all of this killing was taking place. You have great ammunition for the school year nowgreat summer project! So many young lives lost over drugs and money. He showed me his technique for making proper stirred fried rice something I remember to this day. Really great job assembling all the data and making sense of it! It peaked in 1994 with 161 slayings, making Richmond the second deadliest city - per capita - in the nation. John amazing job. [3] 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. its come a long ways. 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. Unfortunately after they had hyped how great the area was he moved out after being robbed in his house at gunpoint. The house we bought was not on the market and a friend at the time turned us on to it. * Kurt Cobain died. Susan Hellams, a neurosurgeon, had Just because you see people coming in with gunshot/stab wounds doesnt mean it isnt less than it has been in the past. Back when the RTD did that report on murders in Richmond, I found a website that reported murders for Richmond and 7 surrounding counties. Even the locator map of murders back then looked remarkably similar to the ones of today - the same festering pockets of concentrated poverty that continue today. Working at MCV, I saw alot of people the last couple of months that died of either stabbings or gun shots. This was well known by the police who told me what do you expect when people on City Council are known cocaine users? 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. 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. Jake Are you saying that the RPD is not reporting murders? Well-done!! Thanks for the superlative for Maymont/ByrdPark/Randolph. Great job! hey it might be a good time to develop some new habits. Things got so bad that the U.S. That was a terrible time for Richmond. 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. Trial inspired career in court. The Richmond Police were able to provide a chart showing the killings per month covering the years 1980-2004. SPEIGHT, Douglas Christopher When she died, Thomas had just graduated from high school. 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. 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 While these murder are very tragic, it is street crime. Until 2008, 1981 had seen the fewest killings in Richmond since 1971 (with a count of 51). just because people dont die from a shooting doesnt mean its any safer. http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/. In the 2 1/2 years since, weve had just 1. 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