Heren Cabacar

Heren Cabacar

Status: HOMICIDE

City: Portsmouth

State: Virginia

County: Independant City

Date of birth: June 4, 1916

Date of death: December 2, 1981

Age: 65

Gender: Male

Race: Pacific Islander

Cause of death: Gun Firearm

Anniversary month: December

LEA: Portsmouth Police Department, Portsmouth, Virginia

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May 1, 2023 | By Caitlyn Becker Caitlyn is an Emmy-Winning Journalist, DailyMail.com Senior Reporter, Frequent Contributor to Court TV, Dr. Phil and NewsNation, and a Project: Cold Case Volunteer By all accounts, 65-year-old Army veteran Heren Cabacar was the consummate survivor. The beloved father managed to defy the odds time and again throughout two decades in the military, but in 1981 Cabacar’s life would end tragically on a dark suburban street. On a rain-soaked Virginia night more than 40 years ago, Cabacar was shot dead while walking home from, of all things, playing bingo. His case went cold just 49 days later and remains unsolved. Despite the decades that have passed since receiving life-altering news that her father had been murdered, Cabacar’s daughter, Nina Valdez, has never been able to move on. “You never move forward. You never close it,” Nina said in a recent sit-down with Project: Cold Case. “I still feel like I’m 15 years old when I think about my father. And everyone remembers... Read More



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