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In the autumn of 1979, a wave of terror gripped the city of Richmond, Virginia, culminating in a brutal act that extinguished the lives of an entire family. Among the victims was five-year-old Harvey Wayne Barton, a Black male child whose life was cut tragically short on October 19, 1979. On that fateful evening, the notorious Briley brothers—Linwood, James, and Anthony—along with an accomplice, Duncan Eric Meekins, targeted the family's home. The gang's violent spree had already left a trai ...Read More
Victim Details

Harvey Wayne Barton

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

1979-10-19

5

Harvey

Wayne Barton

01/06/2026