Gina Renee Hall: Virginia's First "No Body" Murder Trial

On June 28th, 1980, 18-year-old Gina Renee Hall went on a night out and was never seen again. The last person to see her alive was Stephen Epperly, a 28-year-old former football player from Virginia Tech. Evidence of foul play emerged in the days following her disappearance, but no body was ever found. In an unprecedented move, Commonwealth Attorney Everett Shockley charged Epperly with first-degree murder. Join Briana and Brittany as they walk you through the details of the case that led to a landmark decision for the state of Virginia.

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Sources we used for this episode:

• “Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial” by Ron Peterson Jr.
• https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1982/810626-1.html
• https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/epperly-stephen.htm
• https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/05/17/the-only-way-he-should-ever-leave-prison-is-in-a-pine-box-offical-pleads-to-keep-stephen-epperly-incarcerated/
• https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gina-hall-murder-case-pulaski-co-prosecutor-opposes-parole-for-epperly/article_dcd72a6c-a153-11eb-90e4-bb107af9416c.html
• https://www.facebook.com/2182181272046951/posts/on-this-day-in-1978-stephen-epperly-graduated-from-virginia-tech-he-had-been-cha/2277188295879581/
• https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910301/03010437.htm
• https://www.wdbj7.com/2020/07/13/40-years-later-some-of-gina-halls-remains-found-in-pulaski-county/