It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know the cops are covering up.

Officer Barnes and that police department needs to be investigated by the FBI. This is outrageous.

We need to reach out to Nancy Grace, 48 Hours, 20/20, Date Line to do a story for this community.😪

There is something that caught my attention, and that is when the young lady asked the officer that was in a patrol car a question, and she noticed the officer had brush and leaves all over him along with his strange demeanor. The truth will come out, and I speculate that the perpetrator will be connected with law enforcement. Only God knows what really happened to these young men, and the truth will be revealed. Praying for the families 🙏

I applaud the journalist for giving these family a voice. My sympathy to the families.

Coming from a small town in South Dakota, i think small towns in middle of nowhere are scarier than big cities, lots of small towns got straight up evil secrets and no one else in the country would know

Get the HELL out of that town!!

It's happening in Chicago as well. Someone is kidnapped young men from 18 to early 40's and then days or weeks later they're found in Lake Michigan... But the cops haven't officially acknowledged it to the public... Pretty sad tbh.

These cases sound like hate crimes.

How does a sex offender get removed from the registry? The FBI and DOJ needs to intervene.

Cop’s definitely did this, cops will also empty people’s pockets to make sure there’s nothing the person can use to harm them.

The police are cousins with that sex offender, and this needs to go to the federal level. I'm praying these families get Justice! ❌

I'm a Virginia citizen and there is no coverage of this at all

May those that took these young men lives reap what they sowed, along with anyone keeping the secrets .

I just want to say, probably for the 100th time; reach out to Ashley Flowers, and Nancy Grace. Ashley does a lot of investigative work. This police department needs to be investigated and these families need justice. The trauma they are going thru daily, it's too much. My heart goes out to all of these boys and their families.

THE WHOLE TOWN IS IN ON IT. PERIOD!!!

THIS STORY NEEDS TO GO VIRAL!! 💔🥺😤🤬 Those families and the deceased need justice!

Hearing a mother cry for her lost child is one of the hardest things to listen to. I hope they get some sense of closure, and peace.

It is Sooo damn obvious what is going on there! They don't want to solve it because they know who it is. I'm frustrated just watching this!

“In the dark, out of his jurisdiction, 3:30AM on a hunch!?!?” This is WAY BIGGER than what I would want even the State Police investigating. WHERE ARE THE FEDS AT!?!? THE F.B.I. NEEDS TO TAKE THIS ONE OVER!

Small towns holds the deadliest secrets. Someone knows what happened and whats going on.

The fact that the majority of the victim are related is a clue.

Suicidal people can not dismember their own body…

I grew up in a small rural area like this. Get out. They don't want you there !!! It's so obvious.

I am a lifelong Virginian and this is the first ive heard of this case. Thank u jon for bringing awareness to this case

How can a TOWN with less than 200 hundred people not know what's going on WTH?????

I have a uncle that is a cop and he heard about this also and him and his partner said them are the police doing this to them young boys you better believe that 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

My daughter was muredered here in walker county its been three yrs now.im still waiting on justice to.i need to know what happened to my daughter.

My son was murdered in 2022. It broke me into a million pieces. However I know what happened to him, and who did it. The not knowing for these families is probably a double heart break for them. My heart goes out to them all.

Hung from a tree in the south? That usually indicates a hate crime.

I've lived in Virginia for over 30 years and I've never heard of these horrible acts against our fellow virginiams it's beyond painful

I'm from lunenburg county. I had an incident where someone tried to grab my son from the end of the road waiting for the bus, luckily he took off running and made it to the house. When he told me I ran our of the house barefooted jumped in my car and tried to catch up to this white van. While driving down the road I called the sheriff's department for the dispatcher to tell me to stand down and stop chasing the vehicle. I said why because by the time you guys get here the person would have gotten away. My cousin saw the van but I had come to a fork and he could have gone any direction. I had the sheriff, state trooper and a deputy who took my sons pant for so called evidence stand in my living room tell me that my son had made it up that grass had brushed his leg and he was confused. Then to tell me that my so called cousin who drove a baileya van had called them and said he was checking his tire. 1 if he had a bad tire he was driving pretty fast. 2. My son would have recognized it was a bailey van and not an all white one. 3. How did anyone know to call the sherriffs department to tell them that they didn't try to grab a lid from the bus stop. And 4. If it was in fact my cousin he would have person ally apologized so inconsistency all the way around. Without that school year my son missed 30 days of school i worked 6 days a week trying to provide for my kids. He would walk out the door like he was getting on the bus and crawling back in his bedroom window and was hiding I. His closet. After 30 days of missing school, the school wasn't contacting me. I was contacted with the law with charges for him missing school. If the law doesn't protect our youth who will. Being a single mother I ended up having to put my kids with family and separate them and it was the best thing I could have done. The odds were against me. The law made sure to report to the newspaper to say evidence was it was a false alarm. 2 weeks prior someone in a while van tried to grab a child from the bus stop in Kenbridge. It was on Facebook but now you cannot find that Info. Law enforcement and the schools are involved and they are covering up. They made me out to be a bad mother. Publicly humiliated me as well as I did start using drugs trying to cope but I am clean now. I no longer live in lumenburg, but there is more I could tell that I'd rather not. I believe there are more kids than just these 6. I believe they torture these kids and it's also involved with child trafficking. Best place to hide is in a small town. I believe this registered sex offender is being made to look at with suspicion that's why they roved his registry. They are crooked and Mecklenburg counry has a similar case of a black guy who was dating a police officers neice. Cadavers searched a pond 3 different times to find nothing then his body was found after the fact in the pond. Corruption and they picked troubles teens

Could have made this into a series. These people need justice. These authorities know what’s going on! Bring in the feds!!!

A officer investigating a missing child has no damn business telling a mother that their child may have committed suicide. It sounds like he was trying to shift attention from it being a homicide. Investigate that officer!!!!

That last Gentleman hit the nail on the head...when he said "God's gonna take care of that." You GOT THAT RIGHT...and God will SEE TO IT...THAT THEY WILL PAY!!...if NOTHING ELSE..."PAYDAY...SOMEDAY!! Ain't NOBODY got away with NOTHING!!!

My last time seeing cion was wen our teacher told us have a great summer be safe this just hit different 😓😓

With a police officer being found coming out of the woods so late at night and the obvious uninvolved demeanor I would suspect it is Law Enforcement who is committing these crimes under everyone’s noses. I would say either on or off duty that knows the neighborhood well and the people who live there. I don’t think it’s coincidence they are all close in age of men that are victims and some family. It really could be someone trying to die out or take out the community to take it over for themselves. This needs to be aired world wide and a serious investigation into why that officer was found out there that late at night alone and as to why law enforcement has not questioned a single family member per this interview. It isn’t hard to see that evil is in control and we as the people must hold it to account and bring it to Justice in the Name of Jesus Christ!!!✝️

Either the police is covering for a family member or they are directly involved. None of these cases are receiving news coverage. And I will never believe a black person commits suicide by a tree hanging. My condolences to the family 😢

These families need justice right now. Something needs to be done. I hope and pray they get justice and move away from that damn town.

Someone needs to get the NAACP asap

At this point, secret cameras need to be installed throughout those woods. I think the police and some of the town people are involved in this…

If your spouse dies you are a widow, if a child loses their parents they are an orphan, but no one knows what a parent that loses a child is called because it’s not supposed to happen and then not to know what happened to your child is unimaginable. May GOD give you and your family the answers you need and deserve

This seems racially motivated and just disgusting. What are the police even doing?

We’ve been trying to scream about the corruption in Virginia, and nobody is listening. The internal affairs turns their backs on us.

I cried watching this episode. A lot of these small towns are so corrupt on many levels. The FBI needs to step in and reopen these cases. Jon Burkett should get an award for this segment. He is an awesome reporter. My condolences to all of the families. This is heartbreaking to watch.

This is crazy, and the fact that a news organization is actually trying to help people for once is astonishing.

Hung from a tree? That says kkk all over it

Two hours away from this and never heard of it…. Sending prayers for all these families to get justice. Thank you to the journalists for exposing this…. Don’t stop🙏🏻

I'm a lifelong VA resident, but I have never heard of these cases. This is horrible.

Whoever did this, also watched this video as a normal person.

Why would the mayor need " permission from the parents" to interview/ speak about public information, he doesn't!! Why is it the grandmother hasnt been interviewed about the murder of her custodial grandson? Why so many strange statements by police about the woods? The list of questions go on. Sounds so fishy of law enforcement. Prayers going up for those who love them 😢

I live in Virginia not far from this town and never heard of this. Something fishy is going on because I live in Richmond and I hear a lot about what goes on in all of Virginia but not one peep about these murders.

Officer Barnes is a murderer. That whole department needs to be investigated. My heart goes out to the mothers of these boys.❤️R.I.P. 🌹

5:11 "17 year-old Cion Carroll went missing November 2, 2022." Grandmother was never interviewed, police chief resigned, and state police investigator lied. So sad that this family and other related family members have died. Thank you to Crime Insider and Reopen the Case Foundation for putting these cases on KZfaq.

My relatives are from Kenbridge Va. Grew up in Blackstone Va. When you cross the bridge into Luneburg Co. you will know and you will feel as if you are in the twilight zone. There is a lot of racism in this county. I have heard and witnessed it myself. It is accepted and I am horrified that these families can not receive the best support from their local police department. Praying for justice, peace and closure for the families.

Wow…. Murdering these young black boys means nothing to this racket police department. Who ever is doing this will have harm come to the closest people they love. God will punish them at the highest level. This is horrible. To the families… I pray for peace of mind and justice🙏🙏

The police are definitely guilty of something. It’s crazy, they know what happened.

I'm a Canadian who's just clicking videos on KZfaq and this caught my eye. This is utterly unacceptable and I'm barely a few minutes into this video. Absolutely unacceptable, unprofessional and deeply concerning. I hope either the FBI could be involved or a go fund me account made to hire hundreds of private investors to find answers to bring to the FBI.

THANK YOU FOR INVESTIGATING THESE CRIMES. ❤❤❤

Great investigating, great reporting! I'm looking forward to the upcoming updates! Thanks for bringing this to attention!

Law enforcement is involved in this cover-up. Every crime leaves clues...before, during & after it's committed. If the pieces are compared, it's always patterns. I think these cases will be solved once they get more exposure/attention. I hope the families find some peace, no one deserves to live with the trauma they're living with.

Whole police department seems suspicious to me. They seemed to be too uninterested in solving any of these cases to not know something or be involved someway shape or form.

Not only is that police station covering a seg offender but they're also covering a serial killer! Maybe even one of their own?! Justice for all these families!

I lived in a small town still kinda do. But after that first butchering, there would have been no questions about a full blown investigation. These officers are 100% in on it no if ands or buts. 6 people do not go missing in a small town with no talk or insane news coverage. Shits sad honestly

I think we all know who did these heinous acts of crimes starting with Officer Barnes🤔

Respect to the man who is down there puttin light to the situation. God bless ya

So awful for families, my heart and prayers are with you.

400 years and still counting 🤔

When he called them over and brushed the dirt off himself. He was taunting them.

This shows why local journalism is vitally important. They are the ones to ring the alarm on what’s happening that the community and greater society needs to know about. I’m so glad this was shared. I see this exact thing happening in Paris, TX and there’s no answers. Other small towns around the US are struggling with the same.

The FBI NEEDS TO BE INVLOVED ! it’s crazy if these were a bunch of young yt woman or men it would be national headlines smh watching this is just upsetting

This is just a crying shame that these women had to lose their handsome young men. I don’t understand how two of them could dismember them selfs and commit suicide at the same time,or did I note hear it wrong.

This is pure evil. Being committed by the law enforcement of that town. Thanks to this journalist for exposing this horror and giving these families a space to express themselves and have a voice

I’m only 14 minutes into the story. It sounds like Ben Barnes retired because he does not want to be fired and lose his pension. He wants to end his career on a good foot, and he knows something is not right, he may know exactly what’s going on. That boy didn’t not commit suicide. This is extremely devastating to see.

Thank you for reporting on this, praying for the family

Definitely law enforcement

This story needs to go viral because somebody know something Please God make them speak don't give them rest until they tell it

We have to do it for ourselves. Citizen patrols, centralized reporting, citizen investigators, and community watch groups.

Thank you for covering this story because I would have never known...I pray these families received the justice for their loved ones...lord protect these families and give them the answers they long for

Thank you sir for putting a light on this

This is beyond suspicious! These people deserve justice! ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️

This is what happens when your family is the law in a small town. We see it on the shows how they protect their own even when they know their people are crazy. It takes a special kind of hate to cut a person's limbs off. Smh

this makes me so angry 😢 my heart goes out to the families. May God extend both comfort & justice.

Excellent journalism! Thank you for covering these stories. There is no justice for these young men and their families. Outrageous! The families are so hurt and heartbroken. Someone speak up and give them peace.

Wow ..... I'm in Virginia in a small town and I keep up with cold and unsolved cases yet I've never even heard of this case ! 😳 It makes me sick how law enforcement is handling this. I hope these families can find some justice and closure. Thank you for bringing this case to our attention !

This is CRAZY because I live 15 mins from this town like wtf is going ON?

It looks like the law is not taking these killings seriously. Too many unsolved murder in such a little town.

Something is really wrong here. Sounds like the PD needs to be investigated by the FBI or an outside Agency. This must be maddening for these poor families. I hope your Investigation brings some action into all these unexplained crimes. These so-called suicides sound suspicous.

They know but don’t care. The evil that’s happening everywhere in this country is truly unbelievable.

So they harassed the people searching, took the sex offender OFF the registry, had cops acting very strange. So much wrong with this.

I lived in Lunenburg County VA from 2004 to 2017. Very rural everyone knows each other. My grandson lived in Lunenburg with me from age 2 to 14 when he went back to NY with his mother. He's a good young man. A athletic boy always. No he's the one who told me about this. My nephew is 18 and lives there with his mom. I'm glad we moved my grandson back to NY. God Bless. Justice will be served.

My advice to the locals: invest in drones and camera equipment. Place it out in random spots and only do so when there's absolutely no tech or identifying clothing on you. Have those linked through a VPN to both a cloud storage (maybe multiple as long as they're on secured servers) and then save more copies off line. Don't say a word about it to anyone and don't make a habit of checking on them. If they get removed, put them in different locations but in ways that link that location to the new field of view. We need to work together as citizens to overcome this bullshit, on all levels of society. Time to clean house mankind!

I'm in total disbelief you'd think the FBI would be there!

As a mom of a teenage black son, this breaks my heart in a million pieces. No mother should have bear this pain

To the gentleman bringing this story to light, thank you for caring more about these families than law enforcement. It's beyond obvious the officials and officers are corrupt and most likely involved.

Never heard of these stories. Thanks for covering it

In Virginia, there a lot of cops who are serial killers.

Absolutely disgusting. God bless the victims and their families.

Does the Town Police Department have something to do with these missing men it seems so strange that no one is doing anything about it, this needs to make the national news all of those black young men did not commit suicide & just disappeared Without a Trace and no evidence of anything the police seem to be involved with what's going on down there, I feel like they racist and mocking the families & not doing anything because it's a hate crime😡

The FBI definitely needs to get involved. Prayers to these families 🙏🏾