🌱 Patch AM: Prince William County Police Ask Public For Help Solving Murder Committed 37 Years Ago This Month

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• Prince William County Police Ask Public For Help Solving Murder Committed 37 Years Ago This Month (patch.com) — Woodbridge residents are being urged to help Prince William County police solve the 1989 killing of 31-year-old Diana Lynn Houle, found dead in her Whitmer Drive apartment from blunt force trauma. Investigators are also highlighting a similar unsolved 1986 homicide of 15-year-old Lisa Renee Trigg in Dale City and are asking anyone with information to call the county tip line or submit details online.
   

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  Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 15695 Blackburn Rd, Woodbridge
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