Posted: Aug 5, 2022 / 08:21 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 5, 2022 / 09:34 PM EDT
HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Authorities have identified the body of a person who was found in July on Winns Church Road, the Hanover Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Friday, Aug. 5.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, at around 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, police responded to the intersection of Greenwood and Winns Church Roads, where they said a passerby had found the body of a deceased woman. Police said the woman has since been identified as 20-year-old Raquiah Paulette King, of Hampton.
Two days after King was found, the Medical Examiner ruled her death as a homicide, according to police.
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
Anyone with information on the homicide is encouraged to contact the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office at 804-365-6140. For anonymous tips, call the Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000 or use the P3 Tips mobile app.
