Stacey L Reneau was 21 when his body was found on January 7, 1989, off Rockwood Drive in the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake. He had recently been discharged from the Navy and was last seen alive at a Food Lion where he had been applying for a job. Investigators link his death to a series of at least ten slayings in the South Hampton Roads area dating back to 1987, and believe the cases may be the work of a single perpetrator.

Many of the victims in the series were gay or had connections to the homosexual community, and most were found nude without defensive wounds, which investigators say suggests the victims may have gone with their killer and died without a struggle. Law enforcement describes the suspect as intelligent, organized, and socially skilled, and thinks he may frequent gathering places for the gay community to find victims. No specific suspect has been publicly named or arrested in connection with Reneau’s death.

If anyone knew Stacey Reneau, saw him around Chesapeake or at the Food Lion on the day he applied, or has information about these linked cases, please come forward.