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Police arrest suspect in 1986 rape, homicide cold case in Virginia Beach
The Virginia-Pilot ^ | May 19, 2026 | NORI LEYBENGRUB

Posted on 05/21/2026 6:29:42 AM PDT by TheDon

After 40 years, police made an arrest in the rape and stabbing death of Roberta Walls.

Charles Randall Berry, the 66-year-old suspect, was arrested Monday in Newington, Connecticut. Virginia Beach police said advancements in technology combined with investigative work helped detectives solve the case.

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In the spring of 1986, the body of Walls, a 22-year-old volunteer at the Bayside Area Library, was found on a baseball field behind Old Donation School, near Independence Boulevard north of Town Center.

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Genetic genealogy solves another decades old cold case murder.
1 posted on 05/21/2026 6:29:42 AM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon

40 years after the fact. Amazing


2 posted on 05/21/2026 6:41:28 AM PDT by albie
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To: TheDon

An email address is required to read the article.
I gave them yours.


3 posted on 05/21/2026 6:57:58 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (.)
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i always try x.x@gmail.com first ...


4 posted on 05/21/2026 7:33:07 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman

Roger that. Thanks.


5 posted on 05/21/2026 7:35:04 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (.)
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To: ComputerGuy

Hmmm...I didn’t require an email. Interesting.


6 posted on 05/21/2026 8:02:39 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: TheDon

Maybe they can sense I’m not one of them.
I can’t fool anybody about anything anymore.


7 posted on 05/21/2026 8:05:16 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (.)
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To: TheDon
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"Charles Randall Berry, the 66-year-old suspect in the 1986 Virginia Beach murder of Roberta Walls."

There is no closure in cases like this - only coping. But at least the family will now know who did it - and get their day in court for their loved one.

8 posted on 05/21/2026 8:12:39 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Bon of Babble

He looks like a sweetheart


9 posted on 05/21/2026 8:31:16 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: TheDon

How many other young women did this bastard murder? Hopefully investigators check him for links to cold cases in places he could have been during the last 40 years.


10 posted on 05/21/2026 9:02:31 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: albie

So those maroons like Ben Rhodes, who don’t get why the US has indicted Raul Castro for murder, will now have the opportunity to understand why. 40 years , Ben, and it wouldn’t matter if it had been even more.


11 posted on 05/21/2026 10:34:33 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: Bon of Babble

Oh and he’s wearing the shirt he got for Christmas!!!


12 posted on 05/21/2026 11:40:56 AM PDT by albie
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