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On the tragic evening of October 19, 1979, in Richmond, Virginia, five-year-old Harvey Wayne Barton, a Black male, became a victim of a horrific crime spree that shook the city. That night, the notorious Briley brothers, along with an accomplice, forced their way into the home of Harvey W. Wilkerson, where young Harvey lived with his mother, Judy Diane Barton. The gang members bound and gagged Wilkerson and Judy Barton.

What unfolded next was a brutal series of events. Judy Barton was sex ...Read More
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Victim Details

Harvey Barton

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

1979-10-19

5

Harvey

Barton

01/07/2026