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On a winter afternoon in January of 1998, a 55-year-old man named Jin S. Chin departed from Lynnhaven Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for what he intended to be a brief, three-hour fishing excursion near the shore. He was alone on his 23-foot Robalo boat, named the Formosa. When he did not return as expected, a concerned neighbor reported him missing, setting in motion a search for the Virginia Beach and Richmond area resident. The unfolding events would leave his family and investigators wit ...
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Last Seen: Jan 04, 1998

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  • Jin S. Chin has... - Virginia Beach Cold Case Homicide Unit
  • Jin F. Chin - The Charley Project
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