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Vicki Ripple

Case from Newport News, VA dated Jan 31, 1984

Victim Details

Vicki Ripple

Female

White / Caucasian

Newport News

VA

1984-01-31

17

Vicki

Ripple

07/08/2026

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In the winter of 1984, a seventeen-year-old white female named Vicki Ripple was working at a High's Ice Cream store in Newport News, Virginia, when her life was tragically cut short. On January 31st, during what should have been a routine lunchtime shift on a busy city street, a man entered the store and shot the young nursing student once in the head. The brazen crime sent a wave of fear through the community, as it was not an isolated incident but part of a string of brutal murders that had be ...
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  • Poyner v. Com. :: 1985 :: Supreme Court of Virginia Decisions
  • Police today charged a 27-year-old man with killing the... - UPI
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    Does anyone else find it deeply unsettling how Syvasky Poyner seemed to choose his moments? Vicki Ri... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking about the impact these events must have had on Vicki Ripple's classmates and frie... ...Read More
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