Theft at 7100 BLOCK OF WARWICK BLVD NN, 23607 on 09/27/2026 3:14 AM

Name

Thomas Hilliard

Missing Age

61

Est. Current Age

84

Last Seen

Virginia Beach, VA on 02/23/2003

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Gray or Partially Gray Eyes: Brown Height: 5' 8" Weight: 160 - 170 lbs

Case Number

MP8643

Name

Raffaella Bryant

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

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 cause of death was asphyxia. 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.

Agency

Virginia State Police