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Doris Dooley

Case from Chesapeake, VA dated Jan 27, 2016

Victim Details

Doris Dooley

Female

White / Caucasian

Chesapeake

VA

2016-01-27

74

Doris

Dooley

07/15/2026

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In a tragic series of events that unfolded in Chesapeake, Virginia, 74-year-old Doris Dooley became one of several victims in a domestic-related murder-suicide. On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, a welfare check requested by a concerned individual led police to a grim discovery at a home on Wildwood Road, initiating a chain of events that would reveal the full scope of the tragedy.

Responding officers first found the body of one of Doris's grandsons, Landon Dooley. This discovery then led th ...
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  • dailypress.com: Fifth victim in deadly Chesapeake shooting identified as gunman's 74-year-old grandmother, police say
  • Washington Post: Six family members dead in murder-suicide in Chesapeake, Va.
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