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unsolved killings haunt community
- By Mike Allen The Roanoke Times
- Aug 10, 2008
- Aug 10, 2008 Updated Sep 19, 2019
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Eric Brady/Landmark News Service Ruby Young (center) makes a statement on behalf of the Short family during a news conference at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office in Collinsville, Va., on Aug. 20, 2002. With her are Carol Whitehead (left), Jim Whitehead (second from left) and Henry County deputy Chris Young. Carol and Ruby are sisters of Mary Short.
- Eric Brady LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
Lynn Hey/News & Record Reba Sink puts new signs on the Grogan Road Bridge, now named the Jennifer Renee Short Memorial Bridge, on Aug. 13, 2006. Short’s remains were found Sept. 25, 2002, in Jacob’s Creek on Grogan Road several weeks after her parents were killed.
- LYNN HEY (STF)
kelly hahn johnson/Landmark News Service A line of motorcycles ride down U.S. 220 during the 2nd annual Jennifer Short Memorial Bike/Car Ride in 2004. Ray Reynolds coordinates an annual charity motorcycle ride in Jennifer’s memory.
- Kelly Hahn Johnson LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
natalee waters/Landmark News Service Henry County deputies were pallbearers at Jennifer Short’s funeral at Martinsville Church of God in Martinsville, Va., on Oct. 12, 2002.
- Natalee Waters LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
sam dean/Landmark Communications Flowers were placed in front of the Short home not long after 9-year-old Jennifer Short’s remains had been identified.
- SAM DEAN LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
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By Mike Allen The Roanoke Times
The slayings of Michael and Mary Short and their 9-year-old daughter Jennifer remain Henry County, Va.’s most notorious unsolved crime.
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Eric Brady/Landmark News Service Ruby Young (center) makes a statement on behalf of the Short family during a news conference at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office in Collinsville, Va., on Aug. 20, 2002. With her are Carol Whitehead (left), Jim Whitehead (second from left) and Henry County deputy Chris Young. Carol and Ruby are sisters of Mary Short.
- Eric Brady LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
Lynn Hey/News & Record Reba Sink puts new signs on the Grogan Road Bridge, now named the Jennifer Renee Short Memorial Bridge, on Aug. 13, 2006. Short’s remains were found Sept. 25, 2002, in Jacob’s Creek on Grogan Road several weeks after her parents were killed.
- LYNN HEY (STF)
kelly hahn johnson/Landmark News Service A line of motorcycles ride down U.S. 220 during the 2nd annual Jennifer Short Memorial Bike/Car Ride in 2004. Ray Reynolds coordinates an annual charity motorcycle ride in Jennifer’s memory.
- Kelly Hahn Johnson LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
natalee waters/Landmark News Service Henry County deputies were pallbearers at Jennifer Short’s funeral at Martinsville Church of God in Martinsville, Va., on Oct. 12, 2002.
- Natalee Waters LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
sam dean/Landmark Communications Flowers were placed in front of the Short home not long after 9-year-old Jennifer Short’s remains had been identified.
- SAM DEAN LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
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