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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 ...Read More
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

01/07/2026


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