Another man has died while in custody at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
Brendan Brown, a 38-year-old Springfield resident, was found unresponsive in his cell at the jail yesterday morning (Oct. 8), prompting deputies to declare a medical emergency, according to separate press releases from the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) and the Fairfax County Police Department.
The shooting deaths of a Centreville husband and wife are believed to be a murder-suicide, the Fairfax County Police Department confirmed today (Sep. 10).
Officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Sharps Drive after a family member living in the same residence called 911 to report the shooting around 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
A Reston woman was found fatally stabbed in a parking lot near trails in the Great Falls area Monday morning (Aug. 17), Fairfax County police say.
Officers responded at around 7 a.m. to the 8800 block of Georgetown Pike after a community member in the area for a morning run reported seeing a woman “lying unconscious outside her vehicle,” according to Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jason Chandler, commander of the public affairs bureau.
Another person has died while in custody of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).
Ricky Edwards, 61, was found unresponsive in a cell at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday (Aug. 12), prompting deputies to announce a medical emergency, according to a press release.
An unidentified jail inmate who was on hospice care at a local hospital has died, according to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.
The inmate, whose name and gender were not identified, passed away around 2:45 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 9). Since the person’s death occurred while they were in custody, it will be investigated by the Fairfax County Police Department.
The Fairfax County Police Department has charged a Fair Oaks man in connection with his wife’s death after she died from gunshot wounds last night (July 12).
Leland Jameson, 64, has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.
Fairfax County police believe a teenager was behind the recent fatal stabbing at the Farrington Place condominiums.
The unnamed 16-year-old boy was arrested by detectives on Wednesday (May 13) and charged with first-degree murder, the Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Thursday).
Former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax is one of two people found dead early this morning (Thursday) after an apparent murder-suicide in Annandale.
Fairfax, 47, shot and killed his wife, 49-year-old Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, before turning the gun on himself inside the family’s home in the 8100 block of Guinevere Drive, the Fairfax County Police Department confirmed.
Local and state investigators continue to hunt for the identity behind skeletal remains found in Fair Lakes two decades ago.
It’s been 20 years and two days since the remains were discovered in a wooded area near the I-66 East ramp to the northbound lanes of Fairfax County Parkway on April 6, 2006.
Law enforcement has identified the man who was shot and killed by police earlier this week after stabbing three family members inside a Mantua apartment.
The assailant, who allegedly killed both his wife and daughter, was publicly identified today (Wednesday) by the Fairfax County Police Department as 54-year-old Chhatra Thapa of Fairfax.
