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Charlie Matney

Case from Wythe County, VA dated May 19, 1990

Victim Details

Charlie Matney

June 22, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Wythe County

VA

1990-05-19

1990-05-19

63

Charlie

Matney

Brown

5'11

220 lbs

07/09/2026


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A man is killed by an explosive device in his home
On a spring day in May of 1990, a trip to a familiar hunting lodge in Wythe County, Virginia, ended in tragedy for 63-year-old Charlie Matney, a male resident of Jolo, West Virginia. Matney, a well driller, had traveled to the trailer located in Deer Trail Park, which he used as a base for hunting and for storage. A neighbor, Melvin Rowe, had driven him to the property and remained in his pickup truck as Matney went inside the trailer, which was reportedly unlocked.

Shortly after Matney e ...
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    Did anyone else come across that documentary from a few years back that touched on unsolved cases in... ...Read More
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    I was reading through the case of Charlie Matney's tragic death and couldn't help but think about th... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find it odd that Melvin Rowe came out of this situation completely unharmed? I mean... ...Read More
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