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In the early morning hours of August 30, 2013, the Chimney Hill area of Virginia Beach was disturbed by the sound of gunshots. When police arrived at the scene around 6:40 a.m., they discovered the body of 46-year-old John Andrew Gancarz, a male resident of Virginia Beach. He had been fatally shot.

The investigation quickly led authorities to a suspect, 57-year-old Ernest Steven Croft of Portsmouth. Croft was arrested and subsequently charged with first-degree murder and the use of a fire ...Read More
Victim Details

John Andrew Gancarz

Male

Virginia-beach

VA

2013-08-30

46

John

Andrew Gancarz

01/07/2026