On Thursday afternoon, February 22, 1990, Annunciacion Lapio Imperial, 56, was murdered while working alone as the evening clerk at Fil-Am Grocery in the Providence Square Shopping Center in Virginia Beach. The killing occurred between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., and the motive appears to have been robbery.

Mrs. Imperial was described as 4 feet 11 inches tall, 147 pounds, with brown eyes and black and gray hair. Witnesses reported seeing a person of interest near the store shortly before and after she was found: a Black male, about 30 to 45 years old, roughly 5 feet 10 inches, thin and muscular with a weathered appearance, wearing a brown or tan colored uniform. No arrests have been publicly announced and the investigation remains active.

If anyone remembers that day, the shopping center, or the person described, please come forward with information that could help bring resolution to this case.