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Susan Tucker

Case from Arlington, VA dated Nov 27, 1987

Victim Details

Susan Tucker

Female

White / Caucasian

Arlington

VA

1987-11-27

44

Susan

Tucker

07/19/2026

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In the winter of 1987, a 44-year-old woman named Susan Tucker was found murdered in her Arlington, Virginia, condominium, a crime that would ultimately lead to a landmark legal case involving the use of DNA evidence. Her death was one of a series of brutal slayings that terrorized the Richmond and Arlington areas in the fall of that year.

Susan Tucker, a writer, was discovered in her Fairlington home on December 1, 1987, though it is believed she was killed on or around November 27. She h ...
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