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Case Description
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On an ordinary evening in Richmond, Virginia, 76-year-old Mary Weems Gowen was making her way home from her babysitting job, unaware that she was being followed. Her quiet life was about to intersect tragically with the violent crime spree of the notorious Briley gang. On that fateful day of April 9, 1979, the members of the gang trailed her to her residence.

Once she was inside the presumed safety of her own home, the gang forced their way in. They subjected the elderly woman to a horrif ...Read More
Victim Details

Mary Gowen

Female

Richmond

VA

1979-04-09

76

Mary

Gowen

01/07/2026