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A man is discovered just inside the tree line on the northbound side of U.S. 301
On May 25, 1981, the body of 36-year-old Victor Eugene Garbe Jr. was found in Sussex County, Virginia, just inside the tree line on the northbound side of U.S. Route 301, about 0.2 miles north of the Greensville County line. He had been shot in the back of the head, and investigators believe he was murdered sometime after leaving Florida two days earlier. Garbe was en route to New York in his green 1968 Buick convertible. The car was later found abandoned and set on fire in Frankfort, Kentucky o ...Read More
On May 25, 1981, the body of 36-year-old Victor Eugene Garbe Jr. was found in Sussex County, Virginia, just inside the tree line on the northbound side of U.S. Route 301, about 0.2 miles north of the Greensville County line. He had been shot in the back of the head, and investigators believe he was murdered sometime after leaving Florida two days earlier. Garbe was en route to New York in his green 1968 Buick convertible. The car was later found abandoned and set on fire in Frankfort, Kentucky o ...Read More
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Victor Eugene Garbe Jr
October 12, 2022
Male
Caucasian / White
Sussex County
VA
1981-05-25
36
Victor Eugene
Garbe Jr
Brown
5'9
140 lbs
11/18/2025
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