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Do you know who murdered John Pope?
In the winter of 1966, the quiet community of Chesapeake, Virginia, was shaken by the discovery of a young man's brutal death. On December 16th, the body of 17-year-old John Lee Pope was found in a field in the 1800 block of Wellington Avenue, an area located in the South Norfolk section of the city. The male victim, a resident of nearby Norfolk and a sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School, had been violently beaten and stabbed.

The grim discovery was made by three juveniles who we ...Read More
Victim Details

John Pope

October 17, 2022

Male

Chesapeake

VA

1966-12-16

17

John

Pope

01/07/2026


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