VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Authorities are offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information on a man accused of killing two people in Virginia Beach.
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering the reward for information that would lead to the arrest of 30-year-old Cola Winborne Beale, who is wanted by the Virginia Beach Police Dept. for two counts of second-degree murder and one count of arson.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Beale is a convicted sex offender with a history of possessing firearms and should be considered armed and dangerous. He is described as 5’9’’, 240 pounds, and has tattoos on both forearms. “Geneva” is tattooed on Beale’s right forearm.
The investigation into Beale starts from a house fire last week, where Virginia Beach police and firefighters found a woman dead from a gunshot wound in a Campus East townhouse on Baccalaureate Drive. The victim was later identified as 31-year-old Czavier Hill.
The next day on March 25, police shared details of a separate incident, which happened in the 700 block of Linda Court, where officers were dispatched to check on someone at their home. That's where Clifton Baxter, 73, was found dead from a gunshot wound.
Anyone with information is asked to call Virginia Beach detectives at 757-385-4101 or anonymously through Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.