West Virginia

4,381 murders reported in West Virginia from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 89%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Harry Powers
1931 · Quiet Dell, West Virginia
SerialExecuted5 victims
Harry Powers, a Dutch-born man living in Clarksburg, West Virginia, used "lonely hearts" correspondence clubs to court women for their money.
Alday family murders
1973 · Seminole County, Georgia
MassExecuted6 victims
On May 14, 1973, four men who had escaped from a Maryland prison camp, Carl Isaacs, his brother Billy Isaacs, his half-brother Wayne Coleman, and George Dungee, broke into Jerry and Mary Alday's mobile home on the…
Murder of Skylar Neese
2012 · Star City, West Virginia
SinglePleaded guilty1 victim
Skylar Neese, a 16-year-old honors student at University High School, slipped out of her family's Star City, West Virginia, home on the night of July 5-6, 2012, and was killed by two classmates, Rachel Shoaf and Shelia…