June 22, 2023, News Release

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA – UPDATE 6/22/23 – The Albemarle County Police Department is searching for a person possibly connected to a deadly shooting.

On June 20, 2023, at approximately 4:36 pm, Albemarle County police responded to the Rio Hill Apartments in the 1600 block of Rio Hill Drive for a shots fired call. Upon arrival, officers found 46-year-old, Ms. Laura DeLapp, with a gunshot wound. DeLapp was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators have named 33-year-old Jemarcus Devonte Butler as a person of interest in the homicide case. Police do not know Mr. Butler’s current location. Butler is wanted on a felony capias for malicious wounding out of Lynchburg, Virginia, and for robbery out of New York.

Anyone with information on Butler’s location is encouraged to contact Detective Leitch at 434-296-5807, or anonymously at CrimeStoppers@albemarle.org or 434-977-4000.

Link to the original release: https://conta.cc/43NAvGJ

Link to the first update: https://conta.cc/3qSFR54

Link to the second update: https://conta.cc/43QdHXa