On a spring afternoon in Portsmouth, Virginia, the quiet of a neighborhood was broken by the discovery of a woman's untimely death. On April 13, 2015, police were called to a home in the 1900 block of Holladay Street. Inside, they found 39-year-old Emily M. Spence, a female resident of the city, who had been fatally shot.
Emergency services responded to the scene around 2:15 p.m., but Spence was pronounced dead at the residence. Investigators determined that she had sustained a gunshot wound to her upper torso. In the immediate aftermath of the discovery, police began the difficult task of piecing together the events that led to her death, canvassing the area and appealing to the public for any information that might shed light on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Despite the initial investigation and public calls for assistance, there have been no subsequent public announcements regarding any arrests made or the identification of any suspects in connection with the death of Emily Spence. The case has not been publicly declared solved, and information regarding a potential motive or the perpetrator remains unreleased. The investigation into her death continues, leaving her community searching for answers.
