Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (2024)

Table of Contents
1 dead after car crashes into Downtown Expressway toll booth, catches fire People are also reading… From the Archives: 250 photos of Richmond in the 1940s Belle Isle Bellwood Drive-In Bowler School Cowardin Avenue Christian Recreation Center Floods Glenwood Country Club Grace Street Maggie Walker Powerline Public bath house Schools Semmes Shawondasee Sixth Street Market Sixth Street Market Streetcars on Main Street Swimming and diving championship The Mosque Trolley Water tower Stockyards Richmond fires Trolley organ grinder Mail box Mooer's Field 1940s floods Cornshusk rug farmer Sixth Street Market Tredegar Sixth Street Market Sixth Street Market Patsy Garrett boys club Hunting draft pool hall Mosque pool rollerskate Times-Dispatch Beavers Blues Armory Boulevard Byrd Field C&O Central State Hospital Central Station Post Office Churchill City Stadium Cowardin Avenue and Hull Street Curles Neck Dairy Dixie Elba Fishing Forest Lodge Fountain Freedom Train Friendship Train 1947 Monument Avenue Grocery Ice Kensington Avenue apartments Main Street Main Street Mayo Bridge Memorial Day parade Mules Nickel prank Oilfield Old Manchester water works Shawondasee Shriners parades Skyline Sledding State toxicologist Street Sweepers Sunshine Sue Tickets Traffic Trolley Tuberculosis ward University of Richmond Valentine Museum Fire Cary St Paper Powhatan Hill Playground Street scene race car Doll hospital West Avenue Broad St. mill Main Street Station Churchill Draft Air Scouts Maggie Walker pinball machines 1945 Allied Victory Day American Red Cross American Red Cross Armistice Belgian Friendship Building and Bell Tower Blackout Bojangles Braille cookbook Broad Street Station Bryan Park Carter Sisters Cigarettes City Stadium Confederate Soldiers Home Defense Special No. 1 train Draft Elba School Executive Mansion Fire Gasless parade Grace Arents School Grace St Grace Street pollution Henrico Red Cross Motor Corps Highland Springs Volunteer Fire Department Holden Rhodes House Ice James River flood Magnet mailboxes Main St Mayo Bridge Medical College of Virginia Melons Military parade Miller & Rhoads wagon mobile canteen Mobile kitchen Mooers Mooers Field Pamunkey Indians Parade Parking ban Parking Lot Canteen Quiz Kids Ration tokens Rationing Red Cross Richmond Quartermaster Depot Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home Rosa D. Bowser library Scrap metal drive Shoe ration Sixth Street Market Street Sweepers Thomas Jefferson High School Cadet Corps Tin drive Toll house Trolley Typewriter repair Virginia Department of Agriculture War bonds Water tower Weiman’s Bakery Wilcox Lake WLEE WLEE Women in Production Service Women’s Army Corps Works Progress Administration George Wythe Laundry Dog fortune teller Air Raid Wardens YMCA Charter Change Travelers Aid Society street sweepers Dupont 1940s floods Acca Temple elevator Restaurants Restaurants Red Cross Motor Corps shoe ration Air Raid WWII WWII Bikes sampson Dorothy Lamour Rationing typewriters Bellwood Native Americans Fort Lee ScrapMetal WWII WWII American Red Cross Production Corps archery bricklaying class Camp Lee Camp Lee Clark Gable Deep Run races Deep Water Terminal Em Bowles Locker First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond Gasless Sundays Liquid stockings Monument Methodist Mrs. Cupid nurses Old-fashioned swimsuit contest Pearl Harbor front page Rats Rockingham National Turkey Festival Sergeant Jack Blizzard Seven Pines Baptist Church Snowstorm Snowstorm State Library WWII Cavalier Arena Pamunkey Brookfield Patrick Henry carriages rollerskate Railroads Red Cross Richmond Terminal Richmond Colts 1940s floods

top story breaking

  • Samuel B. Parker

Seven Hills School alternative instruction; City Council votes to fund RPS budget; Hopewell native now on Broadway

Chesterfield County police on Tuesday announced they had identified the body of a man who was found dead in a wooded area near the Appomattox River in 1990.

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (1)

Police said the skeletonized remains of Robert L. Harris, who was 55 at the time of his death and lived in the 1400 block of Burning Tree Road in Henrico County, were found on May 18, 1990, in a wooded area off Point of Rocks Road. Harris had last been seen by his mother on April 17 of that year.

The remains were transported to medical examiner’s office for analysis. The medical examiner found no signs of foul play, and ruled the death undetermined.

Local News

1 dead after car crashes into Downtown Expressway toll booth, catches fire

  • Samuel B. Parker

In June 2022, police partnered with Othram, a private DNA testing lab, to identify Harris, police said. Through genome sequencing, Othram identified potential family members who Chesterfield detectives then contacted.

People are also reading…

One family member provided a DNA sample, which was a close family match to the remains.

Police said authorities have notified Harris’ family of the positive identification and will work with the family to return Harris’ remains.

From the Archives: 250 photos of Richmond in the 1940s

Belle Isle

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (3)

Bellwood Drive-In

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (4)

Bowler School

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (5)

Cowardin Avenue Christian Recreation Center

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (6)

Floods

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (7)

Glenwood Country Club

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (8)

Grace Street

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (9)

Maggie Walker

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (10)

Powerline

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (11)

Public bath house

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (12)

Schools

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (13)

Semmes

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (14)

Shawondasee

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (15)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (16)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (17)

Streetcars on Main Street

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (18)

Swimming and diving championship

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (19)

The Mosque

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (20)

Trolley

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (21)

Water tower

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (22)

Stockyards

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (23)

Richmond fires

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (24)

Trolley

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (25)

organ grinder

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (26)

Mail box

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (27)

Mooer's Field

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (28)

1940s floods

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (29)

Cornshusk rug

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (30)

farmer

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (31)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (32)

Tredegar

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (33)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (34)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (35)

Patsy Garrett

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (36)

boys club

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (37)

Hunting

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (38)

draft

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (39)

pool hall

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (40)

Mosque pool

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (41)

rollerskate

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (42)

Times-Dispatch

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (43)

Beavers

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (44)

Blues Armory

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (45)

Boulevard

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (46)

Byrd Field

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (47)

C&O

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (48)

Central State Hospital

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (49)

Central Station Post Office

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (50)

City Stadium

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (52)

Cowardin Avenue and Hull Street

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (53)

Curles Neck Dairy

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (54)

Dixie

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (55)

Elba

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (56)

Fishing

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (57)

Forest Lodge

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (58)

Fountain

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (59)

Freedom Train

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (60)

Friendship Train

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (61)

1947 Monument Avenue

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (62)

Grocery

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (63)

Ice

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (64)

Kensington Avenue apartments

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (65)

Main Street

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (66)

Main Street

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (67)

Mayo Bridge

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (68)

Memorial Day parade

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (69)

Mules

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (70)

Nickel prank

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (71)

Oilfield

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (72)

Old Manchester water works

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (73)

Shawondasee

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (74)

Shriners parades

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (75)

Skyline

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (76)

Sledding

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (77)

State toxicologist

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (78)

Street Sweepers

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (79)

Sunshine Sue

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (80)

Tickets

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (81)

Traffic

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (82)

Trolley

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (83)

Tuberculosis ward

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (84)

University of Richmond

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (85)

Valentine Museum

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (86)

Fire

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (87)

Cary St

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (88)

Paper

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (89)

Powhatan Hill Playground

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (90)

Street scene

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (91)

race car

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (92)

Doll hospital

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (93)

West Avenue

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (94)

Broad St.

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (95)

mill

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (96)

Main Street Station

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (97)

Churchill

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (98)

Draft

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (99)

Air Scouts

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (100)

Maggie Walker

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (101)

pinball machines

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (102)

1945 Allied Victory Day

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (103)

American Red Cross

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (104)

American Red Cross

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (105)

Armistice

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (106)

Belgian Friendship Building and Bell Tower

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (107)

Blackout

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (108)

Bojangles

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (109)

Braille cookbook

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (110)

Broad Street Station

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (111)

Bryan Park

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (112)

Carter Sisters

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (113)

Cigarettes

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (114)

City Stadium

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (115)

Confederate Soldiers Home

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (116)

Defense Special No. 1 train

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (117)

Draft

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (118)

Elba School

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (119)

Executive Mansion

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (120)

Fire

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (121)

Gasless parade

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (122)

Grace Arents School

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (123)

Grace St

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (124)

Grace Street pollution

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (125)

Henrico Red Cross Motor Corps

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (126)

Highland Springs Volunteer Fire Department

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (127)

Holden Rhodes House

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (128)

Ice

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (129)

James River flood

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (130)

Magnet

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (131)

mailboxes

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (132)

Main St

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (133)

Mayo Bridge

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (134)

Medical College of Virginia

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (135)

Melons

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (136)

Military parade

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (137)

Miller & Rhoads wagon

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (138)

mobile canteen

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (139)

Mobile kitchen

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (140)

Mooers

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (141)

Mooers Field

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (142)

Pamunkey Indians

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (143)

Parade

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (144)

Parking ban

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (145)

Parking Lot Canteen

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (146)

Quiz Kids

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (147)

Ration tokens

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (148)

Rationing

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (149)

Red Cross

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (150)

Richmond Quartermaster Depot

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (151)

Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (152)

Rosa D. Bowser library

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (153)

Scrap metal drive

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (154)

Shoe ration

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (155)

Sixth Street Market

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (156)

Street Sweepers

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (157)

Thomas Jefferson High School Cadet Corps

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (158)

Tin drive

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (159)

Toll house

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (160)

Trolley

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (161)

Typewriter repair

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (162)

Virginia Department of Agriculture

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (163)

War bonds

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (164)

Water tower

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (165)

Weiman’s Bakery

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (166)

Wilcox Lake

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (167)

WLEE

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (168)

WLEE

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (169)

Women in Production Service

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (170)

Women’s Army Corps

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (171)

Works Progress Administration

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (172)

George Wythe

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (173)

Laundry

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (174)

Dog

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (175)

fortune teller

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (176)

Air Raid Wardens

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (177)

YMCA

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (178)

Charter Change

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (179)

Travelers Aid Society

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (180)

street sweepers

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (181)

Dupont

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (182)

1940s floods

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (183)

Acca Temple

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (184)

elevator

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (185)

Restaurants

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (186)

Restaurants

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (187)

Red Cross Motor Corps

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (188)

shoe ration

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (189)

Air Raid

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (190)

WWII

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (191)

WWII

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (192)

Bikes

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (193)

sampson

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (194)

Dorothy Lamour

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (195)

Rationing

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (196)

typewriters

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (197)

Bellwood

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (198)

Native Americans

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (199)

Fort Lee

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (200)

ScrapMetal

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (201)

WWII

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (202)

WWII

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (203)

American Red Cross Production Corps

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (204)

archery

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (205)

bricklaying class

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (206)

Camp Lee

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (207)

Camp Lee

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (208)

Clark Gable

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (209)

Deep Run races

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (210)

Deep Water Terminal

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (211)

Em Bowles Locker

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (212)

First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (213)

Gasless Sundays

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (214)

Liquid stockings

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (215)

Monument Methodist

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (216)

Mrs. Cupid

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (217)

nurses

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (218)

Old-fashioned swimsuit contest

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (219)

Pearl Harbor front page

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (220)

Rats

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (221)

Rockingham National Turkey Festival

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (222)

Sergeant Jack Blizzard

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (223)

Seven Pines Baptist Church

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (224)

Snowstorm

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (225)

Snowstorm

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (226)

State Library

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (227)

WWII

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (228)

Cavalier Arena

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (229)

Pamunkey

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (230)

Brookfield

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (231)

Patrick Henry

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (232)

carriages

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (233)

rollerskate

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (234)

Railroads

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (235)

Red Cross

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (236)

Richmond Terminal

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (237)

Richmond Colts

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (238)

1940s floods

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (239)

'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.setAttribute('src', 'https://assets.revcontent.com/master/delivery.js'); document.body.appendChild(s); window.removeEventListener('scroll', throttledRevContent); __tnt.log('Load Rev Content'); } } }, 100); window.addEventListener('scroll', throttledRevContent); }

Body of person found dead in Chesterfield in 1990 identified (2024)
Top Articles
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: Duncan Muller

Last Updated:

Views: 5583

Rating: 4.9 / 5 (59 voted)

Reviews: 82% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Duncan Muller

Birthday: 1997-01-13

Address: Apt. 505 914 Phillip Crossroad, O'Konborough, NV 62411

Phone: +8555305800947

Job: Construction Agent

Hobby: Shopping, Table tennis, Snowboarding, Rafting, Motor sports, Homebrewing, Taxidermy

Introduction: My name is Duncan Muller, I am a enchanting, good, gentle, modern, tasty, nice, elegant person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.