Steven Patrick Shinault
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- M
- Race
- Unknown
- Eye color
- unknown
- Hair color
- brown
#89-14617Tier-2 extracted
Steven Patrick Shinault
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Sep 4, 1983
Recovery location
Bland County, VA
Coordinates
37.1026, -81.1165
Days open
15,616
Victims
ExtractedDarren Walker
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn September 14, 1983, at 11:10 a.m., the Virginia State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation was notified of a robbery and double murder at the Exxon Service Station in Bastian, Virginia (Bland County). The two victims, Darren Walker, 20 years of age and Steven Shinault, 25 years of age, were employees of the service station. Agents found the bodies of the victims lying face down in the utility room of the store, with apparent gunshot wounds. The autopsy of the victims revealed both were shot three times each by two different calibers firearms.
An additional search of the service station revealed the cash register had also been emptied of all cash money, approximately $500.00 was missing.
A four door, rusty car (possibly blue) with NY tags was witnessed pulling out and traveling toward Wytheville. Composite sketches of the two occupants of the vehicle are attached.
ViCAP # 1985VA00001
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationcommercial
Date1983-09-14
Addressuncertain
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
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Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 37.1026
- Longitude
- -81.1165
- Precision
- —
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- Phone
- (276) 228-3131
- Address
- 1186 East Lee Highway, Wytheville, Virginia 24382