Gene McPherson
- Age
- 42
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 230 lbs
- Eye color
- blue
- Hair color
- brown
#89-13695Tier-2 extracted
Gene McPherson
● OpenMissing PersonGeocoded
Incident date
May 23, 1987
Recovery location
New Castle, VA
Coordinates
37.5039, -80.1096
Days open
14,258
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedGene McPherson was last seen driving his silver 1978 Ford pickup at 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 1987, in Craig County, Virginia. Days later, Gene's pick-up was located at the I-81 rest area in Radford, Virginia. Gene's wallet was in the grass on the side of I-81 in Virginia.
John Edward Colclasure admitted to killing Gene McPherson and was convicted of murder. Colclasure died in jail in 2002 and never disclosed the location of Gene's body.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2No modus operandi could be extracted from the narrative.
Date1987-05-23
Addressuncertain
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 37.5039
- Longitude
- -80.1096
- Precision
- —
Possibly related cases (0)
MO classification not available for this case — correlations limited to demographic matches in geographic and temporal proximity.
No plausible matches in geographic + temporal proximity. Methodology →
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- Phone
- 540-375-9528
- Address
- Virginia State Police, BCI, 3775 West Main Street, Salem, Virginia 24153