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A woman is found naked, stabbed to death in her home
On October 9, 1980, Patsy Bray Cowan, a 50-year-old real estate agent, was brutally murdered in her home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Earlier that day, she attended a picnic hosted by a local builder in Chesapeake, Virginia, where future development plans were announced. Cowan was seen leaving the event alone in her 1976 Oldsmobile and returned to her home on Smokey Lake Drive around 8:15 p.m. Later that evening, she was found naked and stabbed to death in her home at approximately 11:45 p.m. Th ...Read More
On October 9, 1980, Patsy Bray Cowan, a 50-year-old real estate agent, was brutally murdered in her home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Earlier that day, she attended a picnic hosted by a local builder in Chesapeake, Virginia, where future development plans were announced. Cowan was seen leaving the event alone in her 1976 Oldsmobile and returned to her home on Smokey Lake Drive around 8:15 p.m. Later that evening, she was found naked and stabbed to death in her home at approximately 11:45 p.m. Th ...Read More
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Patsy Bray Cowan
September 3, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Virginia Beach
VA
1980-10-09
50
Patsy Bray
Cowan
Brown
Brown
5'5
120 lbs
No
11/11/2025
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11/26/2024
11/26/2024
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11/17/2024
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