John Pope

Murdered

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On December 16, 1966, 17-year-old John Lee Pope was found brutally beaten and stabbed to death in the 1800 block of Wellington Avenue in the South Norfolk section of Chesapeake, Virginia. Pope, a sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School, was walking in a neighborhood when he was attacked, making this case one of the oldest unsolved homicides in Chesapeake.

Despite the investigation and the passage of decades, no arrests have been made, and the case remains open. Investigators have ...Read More
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John Pope

October 17, 2022

Male

Chesapeake

VA

1966-12-16

17

John

Pope

10/07/2024


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I was extremely saddened to hear about the tragic murder of John. He was a kind and loving person wh... ...Read More
05/10/2023
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