Steven Patrick Shinault

Two men are murdered during a robbery
In the quiet, early hours of a September morning in 1983, a dark event unfolded in the small community of Bastian, Virginia, that would leave a lasting scar. Steven Patrick Shinault, a 25-year-old Caucasian male, was working his shift as a retail clerk at the Exxon service station, a routine he had settled into. That day, his life, along with that of his 20-year-old co-worker, Darren Reed Walker, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that continues to haunt Bland County.

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