Hanover County, Va. (NewsradioWRVA.com) - The Hanover Sheriff's Office has announced an arrest in connection with the body of a woman that was found last month on Winns Church Road in rural Western Hanover.
On Thursday, July 21, deputies responded to the intersection of Winns Church Road and Greenwood Road in reference to the body of a female that was located on the side of the roadway. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner positively identified the female as Raquiah Paulette King, 20, of Hampton, Virginia.
After an extensive investigation involving multiple agencies, investigators with the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office were able to quickly identify a suspect in this case. On Thursday, Emmanuel Dewayne Coble, 27, of Hampton, was arrested in Hampton, and charged with First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. Coble is currently being transferred to Hanover County and will be arraigned Tuesday morning.
The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank our law enforcement partners from the Hampton Police Department, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and the Virginia State Police for their assistance in this investigation, which ultimately led to Coble’s safe apprehension.
