She Was Found Dead In A Landfill 35 Years Ago And Investigators Are Still Looking For This Teen’s Killer, Along With This Man She Took A Photo With
Richmond, Virginia. It was August 7th, 1986, at a landfill located in Chesterfield when employees there started emptying out the trash that had arrived from Richmond’s School Street transfer station.
As the employees set to work, something caught their eye, and it sadly was the remains of a 16-year-old girl buried among the garbage.
The employees at the landfill quickly called the Chesterfield County Police Department, who responded to the scene to collect the girl’s remains.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined that this girl had been murdered, but nobody know who she was.
It would take 34 years for her to be identified, and last summer the Chesterfield County Police Department announced that they had been able to obtain DNA from the unidentified girl to figure out who she was.
“Additional forensic testing by DNA Labs International confirmed the recovered remains are those of Christy Lynn Floyd, who was 16 years old and lived in the 2300 block of West Grace Street in Richmond at the time of her disappearance,” the Chesterfield County Police Department said in a statement.
Chesterfield County Police Department; pictured above is Christy
Christy’s older sister Kim Atkins told The Progress-Index that they both had grown up in foster care before running away to Richmond to see their biological mom.
Shortly before Christy was found dead in the landfill, she had snuck out of the house to sleep at a hotel with her 18-year-old boyfriend one evening.
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“My mom found out where they were, called his family, and said…if your son doesn’t have my daughter back here in such and such time, he’s going to be arrested for statutory rape,” Kim told the outlet.
The brother of Christy’s boyfriend drove Christy home the following morning, and their mom ordered Christy to go to her room.
Not long after that, Kim had stopped into Christy’s room to ask if she wanted something to eat, and Christy had said she wanted a cheeseburger.
Kim then left to head across the street with her daughter. She was only gone about 30 minutes, but when she returned home there was no sign of Christy and their mom was sleeping on the couch.
“The back door was wide open and the alley gate was wide open,” Kim continued. “So, I just assumed she took off because she was in trouble.”
This was June of 1986, and two months later, Christy was discovered in the landfill.
The Chesterfield County Police Department is looking for Christy’s killer, along with a young man she took a photo with before she was murdered.
The man authorities are looking to speak with is shown below with his arm around Christy.
Chesterfield County Police Department; pictured above is Christy with this unknown man
If you have any information related to Christy’s case, or if you happen to know who the man in this photo with her is, please contact the Chesterfield County Unsolved/Major Investigations Group at 804.717.6024.
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