John Churchill Newcomb
- Age
- 62
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
- Eye color
- unknown
- Hair color
- unknown
#1962-341667Tier-2 extracted
John Churchill Newcomb
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Feb 28, 1962
Recovery location
Purcellville, VA
Coordinates
39.1367, -77.7144
Days open
23,474
Victims
ExtractedVictim
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedVictim and his housekeeper were attacked inside his farm house on 02/28/1962. The farmhouse is located in the 36800-block of present day Paxson Road, Purcellville, VA. The victim died from stab wounds suffered in the attack, but the housekeeper survived. Two subjects were later arrested based on the jailhouse confession of a suspect. However, neither subject was ever convicted.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponknife
Locationresidence
Date1962-02-28
Address36800-block of present day Paxson Road, Purcellville, VA
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/5/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.1367
- Longitude
- -77.7144
- Precision
- —
- Address
- 36800-block Paxson Road
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- Robin BrooksMarshall, VA · 1981location type (residence) · gender (M) — 20 mi, 19 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
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