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OCTOBER 18, 2022 DEATH INVESTIGATION

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Updated: Nov 3, 2024

PRESS RELEASE

October 18, 2022

DEPUTY DAVID MOYER

COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFORMATION

(540) 928-2260

DMOYER@BOTETOURTVA.GOV


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--



FINCASTLE, VA – On October 8, 2022, Botetourt County Sheriff Office Deputies responded to the Glen Wilton Park and Ride along Botetourt Road (Route 220) to find a deceased female lying in the gravel lot from an apparent gunshot wound.


Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office detectives and an investigator with the medical examiner’s office examined the scene extensively. Detectives soon discovered that the victim’s car was found abandoned and burned in a secluded area of Bath County.


The body of the female victim was transported to the medical examiner’s office in Roanoke where an autopsy was performed, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. The office of the medical examiner has identified the victim as Elizabeth Hensley of Roanoke VA.


The victim’s family has been notified and our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.


Detectives have been working closely with the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the High-Tech Crimes Division to determine the circumstances surrounding Hensley’s death, including following leads that have involved multiple jurisdictions. Certain details and updates crucial to this investigation have not been made public to protect the integrity of the investigation and to provide privacy for the victim’s family. Detectives working this case have found the crime, though horrific, was not a random act, and the public should not be deterred from their daily activities.


Detectives continue to request that anyone with information regarding this case to please contact the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office at 540-473-8631.


The media contact for this incident is Deputy David Moyer. He can be reached at:

dmoyer@botetourtva.gov or (540) 928-2260


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