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A man is killed by an explosive device in his home
On May 19, 1990, 63-year-old Charlie Matney, a resident of Jolo, West Virginia, was killed in an explosion in Wythe County, Virginia. The blast occurred in Matney’s single-wide trailer, located near a campground in northern Wythe County, where he maintained a hunting lodge. Matney, a retired well driller, had driven from West Virginia with a neighbor, Melvin Rowe, to check on the property. After walking around the trailer and entering it, an explosion ripped through the structure, leaving Matn ...Read More
On May 19, 1990, 63-year-old Charlie Matney, a resident of Jolo, West Virginia, was killed in an explosion in Wythe County, Virginia. The blast occurred in Matney’s single-wide trailer, located near a campground in northern Wythe County, where he maintained a hunting lodge. Matney, a retired well driller, had driven from West Virginia with a neighbor, Melvin Rowe, to check on the property. After walking around the trailer and entering it, an explosion ripped through the structure, leaving Matn ...Read More
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Charlie Matney
June 22, 2022
Male
Caucasian / White
Wythe County
VA
1990-05-19
63
Charlie
Matney
Brown
5'11
220 lbs
11/09/2025
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Forum Posts (3)
Did anyone else come across that documentary from a few years back that touched on unsolved cases in... ...Read More
12/23/2024
12/23/2024
I was reading through the case of Charlie Matney's tragic death and couldn't help but think about th... ...Read More
03/17/2024
03/17/2024
Does anyone else find it odd that Melvin Rowe came out of this situation completely unharmed? I mean... ...Read More
05/01/2023
05/01/2023
