RICHMOND, VA – Detectives and investigators at the Virginia State Police Richmond Field Office hasn’t given up on an unsolved murder case from 1988.
On Monday, the VSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) Richmond Field Office said it was still seeking the assistance of the public in helping identify two sets of skeletal remains recovered in Caroline County 33 years ago.
According to records, on Nov. 10, 1988, two hunters walking through a wooded area adjacent to Interstate 95 near the 112-mile marker in the Ladysmith community came across skeletal remains.
“The Virginia State Police responded to the scene and while conducting a forensic examination of the immediate area discovered a second set of skeletal remains. Forensic analysis of the remains confirmed that both individuals were adult, Hispanic males who went missing between 1987 and 1988. One of the males is estimated to have been between 40 and 60 years of age at the time of his death; the other male is estimated to have been between 15 and 30 years of age. A leather belt with the word “SILVANO” tooled into it, which may indicate a name or nickname, was located with the older male,” the department said today.
“Despite more than three decades of actively working this case, we have still not been able to identify either individual,” said Captain Norman Gray, VSP BCI Richmond Field Office Division Commander. “We are still hopeful that someone will recognize these enhanced 3D models and help us, ultimately, find their families and let them know what happened to their loved one so many years ago.”