In the early morning of Wednesday, September 24, 2003, a townhome in the 800 block of Hampstead Court in the Weblin Place neighborhood of Virginia Beach was found fully ablaze. First responders arrived about 3:42 a.m. and discovered 12-year-old Jonathan Anthony Pelham inside. An autopsy confirmed he died of smoke inhalation. Investigators concluded the fire had been set deliberately, making Jonathan’s death a homicide.

Jonathan was described as a large child for his age, 5 feet 8 inches and 302 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair. Despite the determination that the blaze was arson, no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains an open cold case.

Did anyone in the Weblin Place area at that time notice suspicious activity or have information about who might have set that fire?