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Jessie Spencer

Case from Chesapeake, VA dated Jan 28, 1996

Victim Details

Jessie Spencer

Male

Black / African American

Chesapeake

VA

1996-01-28

30

Jessie

Spencer

07/17/2026

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On a cold winter day in Chesapeake, Virginia, the body of 30-year-old Jessie James Spencer Jr. was found. It was January 28, 1996, when the gruesome discovery was made in a ditch at the dead end of Jolliff Road. Spencer, a Black male with no permanent address, was found nude and face down. His identity was later confirmed through fingerprint analysis. His last known residence was on East 29th Street in Norfolk.

Investigators quickly noted the chilling similarities between Spencer's death ...
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    I've been following the case of Jessie James Spencer Jr. and some of the others attributed to Elton ... ...Read More
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