Lois Schmidt

Murdered
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Who killed Lois Schmidt and Jonathan Vetrano?
On June 28, 2004, 29-year-old Lois Schmidt and her 7-year-old son, Jonathan Vetrano, were brutally murdered in their Virginia Beach home. Both were shot in the head, and their house was set on fire in what authorities later determined to be a murder-for-hire plot. Schmidt’s ex-husband, Christopher Schmidt, was accused of orchestrating the murders by hiring Richard Stoner, a former Army veteran, to carry out the killings.

Stoner waited outside Lois’ home for nearly 45 minutes before ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Lois Schmidt

    October 21, 2022

    Female

    Caucasian / White

    Virginia Beach

    VA

    2004-06-28

    29

    jonathan-vetrano-virginia-beach-va

    Lois

    Schmidt

    Brown

    Brown

    5'4

    142 lbs

    Yes

    10/07/2024


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