The 17-year-old Alexis Murphy was murdered mysteriously on her way to a salon in 2013. Reportedly, she was last seen at a Liberty gas station near Virginia.

The Virginia native Alexis Murphy went missing on 3rd August 2013. As per sources, she left her home in a white 2003 Nissan Maxima to travel to Lynchburg to get her hair done.

On the evening of 3rd August, Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station, in Lovingston. In the following days, her family filed a missing complaint and a search was launched.

The news that Alexis had been murdered was terrible, and many well-wishers came out to support her family and to hold the guilty who did it to account.

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Alexis Murphy Murder Case Update In 2022

On 3rd December 2020, prospectors located remains on private property in Lovingston. Later, the Central District Officer of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) identified the remains as Alexis Murphy on 5th February 2021.

The identification of the remains was not uncovered publicly until 17th February 2021 to allow Murphy’s family time to mourn the loss of their beloved daughter.

Randy Taylor is still under custody, he was charged with two life sentences in 2014. His appeal has been denied by the court several times.

The evidence recovered from Alexis Murphy’s car and camper suggests that 48-year-old Randy Taylor was guilty of the murder case. On 1st May 2014, he was arrested and put on trial for Murphy’s murder.

Teen Alexis Murphy Went Missing Found Dead

During the investigation, social media star Murphy who went missing from Lovingston, Virginia, was found dead. Her car was discovered in a theater parking lot in Albermarle County on 6th August 2013.

The police announced that they are trying their best to identify images of a person encountered near proximity to Murphy. The following day, a suspect was later identified as Randy Taylor.

The police encountered Taylor’s camper, where they discovered a strand of Alexis’ hair. As Taylor stayed near a river, dive teams alongside canine units while conducting an investigation found a red sweater that was initially estimated to have belonged to Murphy.

The police found Murphy’s remains later on 3rd December 2020 from a property in Lovingston almost after seven years of her murder.

Where Is Killer Randy Taylor Now?

Killer Randy Taylor who was charged with two felony charges on 24th September 2013, is now in a prison for his crime.

He was indicted with first-degree murder charges and first-degree felony murder and abduction as well as an unrealted grand larceny charge on January 2014.

On 1st May 2014, Randy Taylor was presented to trial. It took about eight hours to complete and Judge Michael Famble has presided over the trial. He has announced with two life sentences on 23rd July 2014.

Though Taylor filled an appeal several times, it hasn’t been approved by a jury. He filed his second appeal in the Supreme Court of Virginia however, it was denied in February 2016.