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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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