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Doretta Collins

Case from Pembroke, VA dated Oct 31, 2020

Victim Details

Doretta Faye Riddle Collins

Female

White / Caucasian

Pembroke

VA

2020-10-31

64

Doretta

Collins

06/26/2026

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On a tragic afternoon in Pembroke, Virginia, the life of 64-year-old Doretta Faye Riddle Collins came to a violent end. On October 31, 2020, emergency medical services were dispatched to a home on Royal Drive following a call from a man complaining of shortness of breath. What they found upon arrival was a scene far more grim than anticipated.

Inside the residence, first responders discovered 60-year-old Donald Eugene Collins suffering from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Elsewhere in the ...
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  • WSLS: One dead, one hospitalized after shooting in Giles County home
  • WFXRtv: Man facing charges after woman found dead inside Giles County home Saturday, authorities say

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    Has anyone else noticed the lack of information on Doretta Collins' case besides her obituary detail... ...Read More
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