In the winter of 2014, the life of 43-year-old Arneese Richetta Peterson was tragically cut short. On Saturday, December 13, 2014, in Petersburg, Virginia, Peterson was killed by an act of gun violence. A lifelong resident of Petersburg, she was a graduate of the Petersburg Public School System and had furthered her education at John Tyler Community College, where she majored in Accounting.
Born on August 7, 1971, to Charles and Lottie Wyche Peterson, Arneese was a woman of faith who had
been a member of Zion Apostolic Church in her youth and later attended Refuge Temple Ministries in Warfield, Virginia. She found joy in listening to the choir and the spoken word. She was a mother to a daughter, Tiquila Peterson, and a grandmother to Taylor Wells.
Following her death, services were held to remember her life at the chapel of William N. Bland and Son Funeral Home in Petersburg. She was survived by her daughter, granddaughter, parents, and sister, along with a host of other relatives and friends who mourned her sudden and violent passing.
Publicly available information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in connection with the death of Arneese Peterson is not available. The details of the investigation into her death have not been widely reported in online sources, leaving a void in the narrative of what happened on that December day and in the pursuit of justice for her death.
