Barbara Jean Hagy

A woman is found nude and strangled to death in a sand quarry
In the quiet Pugh Mountain area of Smyth County, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on April 16, 1989. The nude body of 48-year-old Barbara Jean Hagy, a White female, was found lying in the road at the entrance to a sand quarry. Her head and neck had been covered in sand, and the cause of death was determined to be asphyxia resulting from blunt force trauma to her head, face, and neck. The Virginia State Police classified her death as a homicide and began an active investigation into the brutal ...