Crime at 5600 BLOCK OF PORTSMOUTH BLVD on 06/22/2026 10:58 AM

Type: Other

Date: 06/22/2026 10:58 AM

Description: HIT & RUN

Address: 5600 BLOCK OF PORTSMOUTH BLVD, PORTSMOUTH, VA

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Case Number: 2026005724

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Cartwright

Name

Vicky Cartwright

Missing Age

63

Est. Current Age

65

Last Seen

Virginia Beach, VA on 07/07/2023

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Blond Eyes: Brown Height: 5' 5" Weight: 205 lbs

Case Number

VAA23-2089

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bryant

Name

Raffaella Bryant

Age

20

Cause of Death

Suffocation

Info

On tuesday, july 16, 1985 at 5:30 am, virginia beach 9-1-1 received a report of a car fire in the 4100 block of first court road. The fire department along with police responded and found a vehicle completely consumed with fire. Once the fire was extinguished, a body was found inside the passenger compartment of a 1972 green dodge swinger with a vinyl top bearing a pennsylvania license plate. Fire and police investigators converged on the scene and began a very exhaustive investigation. Fire investigators discovered the fire was intentionally set after the car was driven into the field where it was found. The body was transported to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy. The cause of death was asphyxia and the manner a homicide. The body was identified as raffaella g. Bryant, a mother, who worked at an oceanfront restaurant, the lemon tree, located at 18th street and atlantic avenue. She had last been seen leaving her employment around midnight to pick her son up at the babysitters and before returning home. Raffaella’s purse was found along shore drive about a mile from atlantic avenue. Raffaella was a 20 year old white female who had dark brown eyes with black hair. She was 5’6’’ tall weighing 125 pounds.

Agency

Virginia Beach Police Department

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