Three roommates were found dead in a Fredericksburg home on the evening of June 4, 2024. Deputies responded to a welfare check at a residence on White Street Court and discovered 77-year-old Robert John McGuire and his two roommates, 60-year-old Gregory Scott Powell and 65-year-old Carol Anne Reese, deceased from upper body trauma.

Investigators quickly focused on their 23-year-old roommate, Alyssa Jane Venable, after a friend reported unsettling statements and a friend received envelopes of cash, instructions for the care of Venable’s dog, and a note implying she intended to take her own life. A multi-state manhunt followed; Venable was located in Steuben County, New York, on June 6 when troopers engaged her in a high-speed chase that ended when a tire deflation device caused her car to crash. She was taken into custody and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Venable was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and extradited to Virginia to face those charges. If anyone knew Robert McGuire or has information about his last days, please share what you know.