Patsy Bray Cowan

Murdered

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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
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    Victim Details

    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

    10/07/2024


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