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Linwood Potsie Chiles

Case from Richmond, VA dated Feb 19, 1992

Victim Details

Linwood Potsie Chiles

Male

Richmond

VA

1992-02-19

34

Linwood

Potsie Chiles

06/18/2026

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On a cold February night in 1992, the life of 34-year-old Linwood Potsie Chiles came to a violent end in Richmond, Virginia. His death on February 19th was not a random act but a calculated execution orchestrated by the very people he was associated with. Chiles had fallen under the suspicion of Corey Johnson, the ruthless leader of a notorious drug trafficking gang, who believed Chiles was cooperating with the police. This suspicion, whether founded or not, sealed his fate and that of another m ...
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    Has anyone else looked into the life of Linwood "Potsie" Chiles and the unusual silence around his c... ...Read More
    12/23/2024
    Has anyone looked into Pottsie’s friends and who he was hanging around with before his passing? So... ...Read More
    01/16/2024
    Has anyone else looked into Linwood "Potsie" Chiles' case? It’s so perplexing that there’s hardl... ...Read More
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