Michael Wayne McDuffie was 20 when he was murdered in his Henrico County, Virginia, home on March 21, 1979. Employed as a vending machine serviceman, he was assaulted, shot, and robbed during a break-in that night.

Authorities tied McDuffie’s killing to a broader crime spree in the Richmond area that year. Linwood, James, and Anthony Briley, together with an accomplice, Duncan Eric Meekins, were identified as the group who entered his home and left him for dead. The same group committed a series of murders, rapes, and robberies across the region that spring.

The Briley brothers and Meekins were arrested and later tried for the violent spree; the brothers were sentenced to death for their roles, including in Michael McDuffie’s murder. If anyone knew Michael, his routines, or saw suspicious activity around Henrico County in March 1979, please share what you remember.