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Case Description
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In the late summer of 1994, the discovery of a young man's body in a Suffolk, Virginia ditch marked another chapter in a string of terrifying serial killings that had cast a shadow over the Hampton Roads area. The victim was identified as Garland L. Taylor Jr., a 24-year-old man from Portsmouth. His death on September 17, 1994, was the ninth in a series of twelve homicides that shared a grim and distinctive pattern.

At the time of his death, Taylor was a brickmason and was married. His fa ...Read More
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Victim Details

Garland Taylor

Male

Black / African American

Suffolk

VA

1994-09-17

24

Garland

Taylor

01/07/2026