Forensic Friday – Shana Hight Murder and Gerald Randall Marion Update

Shana Hight was found murdered in her Virginia Beach home on September 13, 2010.

Shana Hight

On Monday, September 13, 2010, 24 year old Navy wife, Shana Hight, was found dead in her Virginia Beach apartment on Bayhead Drive. She had been bound with some sort of cloth and had “several visible lacerations to her face that [were] bloody and consistent with trauma.”. Her husband, Scott Dunn, was deployed with the Navy at the time of the murder.

Police are asking anyone with information on this case to call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

Resource:
WAVY TV: VB homicide victim found bound, bloody

Randy Marion

Gerald Randall Marion Update

I posted about Randy about a month before human remains were found where Randy’s crashed his ATV. The remains were his. Family’s ordeal ‘over’ after body identified

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12 Responses to Forensic Friday – Shana Hight Murder and Gerald Randall Marion Update

  1. chrissy says:

    I want to know how you got these “results” as they have not been released to the public. As someone who knew Shana I am just curious.

    • I don’t know what you are trying to imply, but everything I got on Shana was from WAVY. Look all the way down at the bottom of the post and you will see the link. They had several stories on it and all the facts came from WAVY.

  2. chrissy says:

    That is what I wanted I found it later. We do not have WAVY here so it was not coming up on the searches through our news media. Thank you for sharing and hopefully you will update anything you find out from WAVY on this story.

  3. mystery says:

    I can tell you that the police have no evidence against Petty Officer 3rd Class Sadler. Many believe he is innocent and the police are just trying to look good because the case was going cold. I’m sure his family wants the truth just as bad as hers

    • grieving husband says:

      the police have enough trust me he was under investigation by NCIS with hard evidence for a similar incident why dont you ask him why he was not on deployment when he should have been…Im in the navy I know what administrative reasons really means…i know a thing or two about the case

      • mystery says:

        The NCIS matter was completely unrelated to the murder case. I know why he came back from deployment and I know he didn’t Kill that girl the police are wasting time and efforts that could be used to find the real killer.

        • grieving husband says:

          There is little point in having this conversation. They have an air tight case against Sadler. Turns out Virginia Beach PD video record all interrogations. I know the intimate details. Come to the preliminary hearing if he doesn’t waive it. If that doesn’t convince you then nothing will. I understand why people refuse the truth when it is laid to bear. When I was told about her I wanted to deny it, tried to pretend they misidentified the body. No amount of denial will make the truth any less real. He is a monster. A wolf in sheeps clothing. He did this and has no remorse whatsoever. And for what he did I hope he burns.

  4. mystery says:

    I know I can’t open your mind because as the news and the police portray him, he’s already guilty in your mind. Know that he’s the kind of guy that thinks of everyone else’s feelings before his own, the kind of guy thats respectful and kind. Anyone that knows him personally knows he didn’t do this. I am sorry for your loss, not out of guilt but empathy. To lose someone you love is hard, to lose your soul mate I can’t in my greatest tries, try to fathom. All we want is the truth revealed and the right person tried for the crime. We will be praying for you and your household and we hope you find peace in this hard time.

  5. unknown says:

    Very tragic for ALL involved…. my condolences to the grieving husband and family and friends of Shana. Trial will be coming up and I pray the truth prevails and justice is given to whoever did this. Hope they have strong DNA evidence and a concrete case so there will be no question or doubt in anyone’s mind. Mystery, you have to have lived with someone a long time before you can know them and even then you may be surprised — love can be blind and I pray that they are telling you the truth about him. Lots of prayers………. May God’s grace get you both through this.

  6. layla flynn says:

    The grieving husband is no deceased as well. It was ruled an accident HOWEVER everybody close to the situation knows it was a suicide. He couldn’t go on. Shana’s mother can’t move on and her younger sister is grieving. The guilty party is just that guilty. They have the right person in custody.

  7. Jeffrey says:

    I was with Scott the night he died and it was an accident. He would have never intentionally comitted suicide. He was in a lot of pain and had flirted with the idea of suicide but would have never intentionally gone through with it. As for Sadler, he pleaded guilty. What more evidence do you need? I personally am glad this scumbag is off the streets and hope he enjoys the rest of his miserable life in prison.

  8. mystery's friend says:

    Just remember that although he was the guilty party he had loved ones too. We’re not proud of what he did and we believe that he is where he needs to be but you can’t be upset with her for saying the things she said, she truly believed the man she loved wouldn’t do such things. When she finally had all the facts she tried to reach out to Scott and show that she truly wished it had been her to save him all the pain. Nothing she can do now will ever make up for what happened and I watched her time and time again wish she had noticed something, anything so that she could have changed the outcome. Victims families aren’t the only families that hurt when crimes are committed. We pray for the family everyday and we hope one day they can forgive him for all the loss and pain he’s caused. We pray for Shana and Scott, even though we never got to meet them we will always carry them in our hearts and minds. May God bless you for all you’ve been made to endure.

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