'He didn't deserve it': Family pleads for answers two years after Henrico double homicide
Henrico Police and the FBI are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in an arson case connected to a 2024 double homicide on Nine Mile Road.
On March 29, 2024, just after 5 a.m., Henrico Police were called to 907 East Nine Mile Road after two people were shot. Jemarlo Tisdale and Rufus Witcher both died at the scene.
Barely two days after the shooting, Henrico fire crews and police responded to what investigators later determined was arson at the same location.
"Just after 2 a.m. a call came in for a fire at that same location," said Henrico Police Homicide Detective R.L. Breedan. "Henrico police and fire responded and determined that fire to be an arson, and it is believed to be connected to the homicide."
On Thursday, Henrico Police and the FBI were joined by the family of Rufus Witcher as they put renewed focus on the case through Operation Summer Heat. The $10,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest in the arson and, investigators hope, a break in the homicide investigation.
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