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Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week
Richmond Police Department
From: Detective Ronald Brown

Number: 05-13
Date of Release: 04/04/2005

   This week Crime Stoppers needs your help with solving the murder of Lorraine Birdsong.
   On March 13, 1998 at 10:37 p.m., Richmond Police responded to the 1700 block of Nelson Street to investigate a shooting.
   Ms. Birdsong was found shot to death in a pickup truck parked in the area. Residents in the area reported hearing what they believed to have been backfire from a vehicle.
   Ms. Birdsong was 44-years-old at the time of her death and was not from the Fulton Hill area.

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   If you have information about the murder of Lorraine Birdsong or information of any other crime in the City of Richmond or the counties of Henrico, Hanover, New Kent, Goochland, or Charles City, call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.
   You do not have to give your name or testify in court. You will be given a code number to protect your identity, and your information if of value to police, could be worth up to a $1,000 cash reward.
   When you call Crime Stoppers you will remain anonymous, remember we don’t need to know who you are to know who they are.
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