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In the winter of 1996, a palpable fear gripped the city of Richmond, Virginia, particularly its elderly residents. A series of brutal and unsolved murders, which had begun in 1990, had cast a long shadow over the community. This string of killings would become known as the 'Golden Years Murders,' a grim moniker for the terrifying reality that the city's older women were being targeted in their own homes. On February 2, 1996, another name was added to the growing list of victims: Gertrude Gardner ...Read More
Victim Details

Gertrude Gardner

Female

Richmond

VA

1996-02-02

77

Gertrude

Gardner

01/07/2026