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Kathy Wiseman

Case from Hartfield, VA dated Nov 10, 1990

Victim Details

Kathy Wiseman

Female

White / Caucasian

Hartfield

VA

1990-11-10

33

Kathy

Wiseman

07/21/2026

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In the quiet waterfront community of Hartfield, Virginia, the lives of Kathy Wiseman, a 33-year-old woman, and her husband, James 'J.B.' Baxter Wiseman II, were brought to a brutal and tragic end on November 10, 1990. The couple was discovered in their home in the Piankatank Shores subdivision, both having been killed by close-range shotgun blasts in what was Middlesex County's first murder case in three years. The shocking nature of their deaths was compounded by the swift revelation of who was ...
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  • dailypress.com: MIDDLESEX TEENS ARRESTED IN DOUBLE SLAYING
  • dailypress.com: COUPLE'S FRIENDS STRUGGLE TO MAKE SENSE OF SLAYING
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