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Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry .
Weapons. Handgun. Arson. Earl Conrad Bramblett (March 20, 1942 – April 9, 2003) was an American mass murderer, convicted for the killing of four members of the Hodges family in August 1994 in Vinton, Virginia. Bramblett murdered each family member in their residence before setting it on fire, and in 1997 was sentenced to death for the murders.
List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...
Proceeds from the Virginia lottery go toward K-12 education, officials say. Petersburg is about 25 miles south of Richmond. Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
Frank J. Coppola. Frank Joseph Coppola (February 25, 1944 – August 10, 1982) was an American convicted murderer and former police officer from Portsmouth, Virginia who was executed for the 1978 murder of Muriel Hatchell. Hatchell was bound with Venetian blind cords and then had her head slammed repeatedly into the floor until she died.
A house exploded in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday night as fire crews were inside checking a gas leak, leaving one firefighter dead and at least 13 others injured, including 11 first responders ...
Pages in category "People executed by Virginia by lethal injection". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
37.538902°N 77.429876°W. / 37.538902; -77.429876. Type. Fire. Deaths. 72. The Richmond Theatre fire occurred in Richmond, Virginia, United States, on Thursday, December 26, 1811. It devastated the Richmond Theatre, located on the north side of Broad Street between what is now Twelfth and College Streets. The fire killed 72 people, including ...