Crime Solvers Central
CSC
218 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case? Let us know!
In a parking lot in Richmond, Virginia, a violent encounter cut short the life of James Stephenson Lee. On February 22, 2012, in the parking area of the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veteran Administration Medical Center, a man named Cornelius I. Hayes approached Lee and a female companion. What began as a verbal dispute between Hayes and the woman quickly escalated into a fatal attack.

Hayes, who was 56 years old at the time of his sentencing, brandished a. 38-caliber revolver and fired at Lee, ...Read More
Victim Details

James S. Lee

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

2012-02-22

59

James

Lee

01/07/2026