Virginia Beach Crime Solvers Quarterly Newsletter December 19, 2019 Upcoming Events Mark your calendar for these events in 2020: Pig Pickin’ - May 2020 Golf Tournament - October 2020 Oyster Dinner - December 2020 Join The Board The Crime Solvers Board of Directors is limited to a total of 30 members, whose duties include, but are not limited to, Golfers Raise $10,700 fundraising and the promotion The annual golf tournament benefiting Virginia Beach Crime of the program to the general Solvers raised $10,700 in profits this year. A total of 23 teams public. played 18 holes at Heron Ridge Golf Club on a toasty October If you are interested in joining afternoon. “The tournament was a huge success,” said board the Board of Directors, please member and organizer Jimmy Capps. “We are always thrilled to email [email protected]. see so many community members dedicated to keeping their Our Mission neighborhoods safe. Sometimes that’s as easy as playing a little golf.” VBCS would like to thank everyone who made the event a Our mission is to solve and success, including the 30 hole sponsors and the sponsor of the prevent crime in the Virginia $10,000 hole-in-one contest. Beach area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. Virginia Beach Crime Solvers Quarterly Newsletter 1 Virginia Beach Crime Solvers Quarterly Newsletter December 19, 2019 2003 Murder of Virginia Wesleyan Colege YOU WILL STAY Basebal Player Remains Unsolved On September 24, 2003, Michael Snapp was out in Virginia Beach ANONYMOUS having a good time with friends. He arrived home in the early We will never ask your name. morning hours of the 25th and was seen by a couple of friends So no one, not even the cooking food in his kitchen, where he lived at Downeast Court. police, will ever know you called. Less than 30 minutes later, his roommate may have heard the doorbell and shortly thereafter, he heard something hit the floor. However, it was a sound that was not alarming enough to cause YOU WILL NOT concern. Then, 15 minutes later, the roommate left his room for the bathroom and found Michael Snapp in a pool of blood on the NEED TO floor. He has been shot and died immediately. APPEAR IN Snapp, 19, was a sophomore at Virginia Wesleyan COURT College and a talented Your tip points police in the starting third baseman for right direction. It is up to them the baseball team. He to solve the case, make the started 29 games his last arrest and appear in court. season and helped lead his Not you! team to reach the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and a spot in YOU WILL EARN the NCAA Division III Championship A CASH Tournament. Snapp was well-liked by all at VWC REWARD and was described as a If your information leads to an kind, laid-back individual. arrest, you could be eligible for up to $1,000 in cash! Snapp was a Newport News native and a graduate of Woodside High School. He was an avid baseball fan, and also enjoyed the ocean and surfing. SUBMIT A TIP The homicide case of Michael Snapp is still unsolved. If anyone Call I-888-LOCK-U-UP has information concerning this case, they are encouraged to OR contact the Virginia Beach Cold Case Investigations Unit, or if Use the P3 Tips App on your they wish to remain anonymous, the Crime Solvers hotline at phone or at www.p3Tips.com 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. Tips can also be made at OR www.crimesolvers.com or over the P3 Tips App. Visit www.crimesolvers.com and click “Submit a Tip” Virginia Beach Crime Solvers Quarterly Newsletter 2.