Almost two years after a fatal baseball-bat beating outside Wood Grill Buffet, Albemarle police have charged a convicted robber in the deadly attack.

In 1985, Charlottesville was shocked by a murder mystery involving an elementary school music teacher found beaten to death in his Nob Hill apartment.

The Court of Appeals of Virginia has overturned capital murder and other charges against Anthony Dale Crawford, a Manassas man who was convicted Feb. 9, 2007, of killing his estranged wife in 2004.

More details emerged Thursday about what happened prior to a 19-year-old city man’s shooting death in July.

A Louisa man facing a capital murder charge in Albemarle County will return to court next year for a preliminary hearing.

A Louisa man suspected in an Albemarle County shooting death is now facing a capital murder charge.

Three people have been charged with murder after a man shot in a moving minivan last week died over the weekend.
Shawn Anthony Luck, 29, of Palmyra, died Saturday after being shot inside the van, which later ran into a chain-link fence. Luck was rushed to the University of Virginia Medical Center, where he spent five days in intensive care.

City police make murder arrest