Richmond mother says her only son feared for his life just days before his murder

RICHMOND, Va. — “The last words he said were ‘Goodbye mom, I’ll be back later and I love you!'”

The grief runs deep for Elizabeth Ogburn, after her eldest and only son, Manchee Edwards, was found dead early Thursday morning on the 200 block of Richmond Highway, in the front yard of an old abandoned house.

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Richmond police say the 23-year-old was murdered.

“Under a bush. That means he didn’t mean anything and I don’t know why he was near Stockton Street.”

Ogburn says some items were missing from her son and she believes it was stolen.

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Police are investigating and won’t give details about what they did and didn’t find at the crime scene.

Ogburn says her son came to her just days before his murder, telling her he felt someone was after him. But he didn’t give his mother any more details.

“He didn’t elaborate or say anything to me. He didn’t give me any information. He always told me and my mother that we were curious and asked too many questions.”

Now Manchee’s murder raises even more questions: Who? When? And why?

“If anyone knows anything, let someone know. I’d like to know who did this,” Ogburn said.

Manchee was well known in the Southside area where his body was found. If you have any information about his murder, call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000 or text using the P3 app. Both methods are anonymous.

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