A man who admitted to strangling a Lynchburg teen girl to death in May 1988 died in a car crash last week, according to Virginia State Police.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Lynchburg family was notified by the Virginia Department of Corrections about the release date of their relative’s murderer this week. Bethany Harrison, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Lynchburg, announced Gregory Joyner’s release date on Friday and said that she stands with the family in opposition to his release. Joyner’s release comes 32 years after he was convicted by a jury on April 5, 1989, for the first-degree murder and attempted rape of 15-year-old Sarah Jamison. Joyner will not be allowed to travel to Lynchburg as part of his parole supervision, and according to the release if he is seen in the Lynchburg area this can be reported to the Lynchburg Commonwealth’s attorney office. Here’s what Harrison had to say about Joyner’s release:

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg’s commonwealth attorney says she’s disappointed in Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments in support of the Virginia Parole Board’s decisions. Northam was asked Thursday about the Board’s recent vote to grant Gregory Joyner parole. Northam said he has confidence in the board because they look at each case individually. “He expressed no sympathy, no care or concern for the victim’s surviving family members, or any care or concern for anyone out of any of these cases who had to live in the wake or aftermath or someone else’s violent offense,” said Bethany Harrison, Lynchburg commonwealth attorney.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – More than 30 years after her death, the family of a teenage girl killed in Lynchburg is speaking out against the Virginia Parole Board’s decision to release her convicted killer. On June 9, 1989, Joyner was sentenced to life plus 10 years — the maximum sentences for his charges. On Nov. 23, 2020, Jamison’s family found out that Joyner was granted parole. Below are statements from Jamison’s surviving family members in response to the parole board’s decision:“When Joyner murdered Sarah it was for life. When he took my sister Sarah from us, we thought that justice would be done when he was placed behind bars.