On January 23, 1984, Joyce Baldwin, a 45-year-old woman, was working in a beauty salon in a small Hampton, Virginia shopping center when a man entered around noon. The man, later identified as Syvasky Lafayette Poyner, initially engaged her in a friendly conversation about hair care products. Suddenly, he brandished a gun and demanded money. Though visibly frightened, Baldwin complied with his demands, placing money from the cash register into a bag. Despite her cooperation, Poyner shot her in t
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