Murdered: Gina Hall

 

Name: Gina Renee Hall

Sex: Female

Age: 18

Missing from: Radford, Virginia

Disappeared: June 28, 1980

Discovered: 2016

Location: Pulaski County, Virginia

Identified: July 2020

Span: 4 years

Cause of death: Homicide

Gina Renee Hall was a woman who disappeared after she went out dancing with friends at a Marriott nightclub. She was identified in July 2020, after being discovered in 2016. Hall was missing for a total of forty years.

Case

Stephen Epperly was charged with her murder after forensic evidence linked Hall to his cabin. Additional evidence was found in her abandoned vehicle and on the bank of the river it was disposed near. Although he was convicted, despite the absence of her body, he still denies responsibility. This was the first bodyless murder conviction in the state of Virginia.

Some of Gina's remains were found in 2016, and they were identified in July 2020 using DNA comparison.