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<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#55494a"><strong>Remains of Alexis Murphy were located Dec 3</strong>, <strong>in Lovingston, Virginia, nealy eight years after she was delared missing </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#55494a"><strong>The 17-year-old&#8217;s remains were found 6 miles from the Virginia gas station where she was last seen on Feb 5, 2013</strong> <strong>&#8211; She was reported missing on August 3</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#55494a"><strong>The remains were located on a private property along US 29 in Lovingston, near Stagebridge Road in Nelson County </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#55494a"><strong>Randy Allen Taylor, 55, is serving two life terms after he was convicted in 2014 of first-degree murder in the commission of an abduction in Murphy&#8217;s disappearance </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#55494a"><strong>Police have not revealed what led them to Murphy&#8217;s remains </strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Alexis-Murphy-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371639"/><figcaption><strong>The remains of Alexis Murphy [photo], 17, have been found, 6 miles from the Virginia gas station where <strong>she was last seen.</strong> The discovery comes nearly eight years after her disappearance in Feb. 2013</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The remains of a missing teenager have been found more than seven years after her disappearance in 2013 when she was last seen at a gas station in ;Virginia. <br>The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that the remains of Alexis Murphy were located on December 3 on private property along US 29 in Lovingston near ;Stagebridge Road. ;<br>The sheriff&#8217;s office said they received positive identification of the remains as those of Murphy on February 5, but did not state what led police to the teen&#8217;s remains. Release of information to the public was delayed out of respect for Murphy&#8217;s family, the sheriff&#8217;s office said in a press release. ;<br>The family has asked for privacy at this time, but they did release a statement to the sheriff&#8217;s office: &#8216;Our family is so grateful for the continuing love, support and prayers for Alexis and our family over the past 7 years. While we have been grieving the loss of Alexis since 2013, we remained hopeful that she would be found alive and well&#8217;. ;<br>&#8216;Alexis was the fashionista, athlete and joker of our family; we were blessed to have loved her for 17 years and her memory will continue to live on through us all.<br>&#8216;Our family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude to the citizens of Nelson County, the FBI, the Virginia State Police, the Nelson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and all of the search and rescue teams for your commitment and unwavering support to find Alexis. You all kept the promise made in 2013, to bring Alexis home!&#8217;<br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Randy-Allen-Taylor-2-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371641" width="571" height="641"/><figcaption><strong>Killer: Randy Allen Taylor [photo], 55, was convicted in 2014 of first-degree murder in commission of an abduction with intent to defile of Alexis Murphy. He was sentenced to two life terms</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8216;During this time, we ask that you continue to lift our family up in prayer and in the words of Alexis, &#8220;Keep Hope Alive&#8221;,&#8217; the family wrote. ;<br>Murphy, was on her way to get her hair done for a school picture when she was abducted. ;The 17-year-old was last seen at the ;Liberty gas station in Lovingston and reported missing on August 3, 2013. <br>Local, state and federal law enforcement pursued multiple leads and conducted numerous searches, at the time, in an effort to locate Murphy. ;<br>The searches continued periodically since her disappearance in 2013, with law enforcement expanding the search area each time. ; <br>The killer was was convicted and jailed a year later. Randy Allen Taylor, 55, was tried after surveillance video from the gas station showed his vehicle following Taylor’s truck. ;<br>Investigators later found strands of Murphy&#8217;s hair, her mobile phone, an earring and a human fingernail in his mobile home. ;Murphy’s car was found several days after her disappearance in a parking lot of a movie theater in Albemarle County. ; ;<br>The gas station is nearly 6 miles from where her remains were found. ;<br>Taylor was convicted in 2014 of first-degree murder in commission of an abduction and abduction with intent to defile in Murphy&#8217;s abduction and sentenced to two life terms. ;He maintained his innocence but did not testify at trial. ; ; ;</p>

Remains of missing girl, 17, found on private property, nearly eight years after she vanished in Virginia – Suspect Randy Taylor, is already serving life sentence for 2013 abduction and murder of Alexis Murphy
