Charles Garner

Death by Force

On October 5, 1979, in Richmond, Virginia, 59-year-old Charles Wilburn Garner, an African American male, was brutally murdered alongside his 75-year-old landlord, Blanche Page. The assailants, later identified as the Briley brothers—Linwood, James, and Anthony—along with their accomplice, Duncan Meekins, invaded Page's residence, located just two blocks from their own home on 4th Avenue. The attack on Garner was particularly vicious; he was assaulted with multiple weapons, including a baseba ...Read More