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NEW: Teen charged with murder for fatal stabbing of coworker in Great Falls

Published August 19, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated August 19, 2026 at 7:25PM

Police arrest Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos (via FCPD/X)

A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Reston woman at Difficult Run Park in Great Falls on Monday (Aug. 17), the Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Wednesday).

Maryland resident Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos was taken into custody this morning in Lanham after detectives determined he had “repeatedly” stabbed 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch in her car and doused her in gasoline, intending to set her on fire, police officials said at a press conference.

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UPDATED: Reston woman fatally stabbed near trails in Great Falls area

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 17, 2026 at 11:10AM | Updated August 18, 2026 at 6:40PM

Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jason Chandler briefs media on a fatal stabbing in the 8800 block of Georgetown Pike in Great Falls (via FCPD/Facebook)

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.

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Witnesses testify to ‘odd’ behavior of suspect in fatal stabbing at Hybla Valley bus stop

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published August 13, 2026 at 1:15PM

Abdul Jalloh seen on a bus shortly before the killing of Stephanie Minter (photo via FCPD/X)

The man accused of killing Stephanie Minter earlier this year boarded and left a bus at the same time as her, then doubled back and stood behind her as she appeared to sit unaware at a Hybla Valley bus stop during the last minutes of her life, according to witness testimony and video footage.

Following hours of testimony and surveillance footage shown during a preliminary hearing in Fairfax County General District Court yesterday (Wednesday), the second-degree murder case against 33-year-old Abdul Jalloh was certified to a grand jury in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

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Recent stabbing in Hunters Woods area of Reston under investigation

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 22, 2026 at 1:15PM | Updated June 22, 2026 at 5:43PM

Mobile Flock camera placed at Hunters Woods Village Center in Reston by the Fairfax County Police Department (photo provided by reader)

Two men were injured in a stabbing earlier this month in the Hunters Woods area of Reston, police say.

Officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Colts Neck Road on June 8 shortly after 7 p.m. for the reported stabbing, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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UPDATED: Teen charged with murder for fatal stabbing at Huntington condo complex

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 11, 2026 at 8:30AM | Updated May 14, 2026 at 7:04PM

Fairfax County police Capt. Chris Cosgriff provides an update on a fatal stabbing at the Farrington Place condominiums in Huntington on May 9, 2026 (via FCPD/X)

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).

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UPDATED: Man charged with murder after Bailey’s Crossroads stabbing

By Jared Serre

Published March 30, 2026 at 10:00AM | Updated March 30, 2026 at 3:05PM

Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

One man was killed last night (Sunday) after being stabbed in Bailey’s Crossroads, according to police.

Fairfax County police were dispatched to the 6000 block of Bellview Drive just before 9 p.m. for the reported stabbing.

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‘Not a question of if’: FCPD sent warnings about stabbing suspect before Hybla Valley killing

By Jared Serre

Published March 5, 2026 at 11:45AM

Abdul Jalloh seen on a bus shortly before the killing of Stephanie Minter (photo via FCPD/X)

The man accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a Hybla Valley bus stop last month had been flagged by local law enforcement as a repeat offender with a record of knife-related incidents, emails show.

Three months before Abdul Jalloh was charged with the Feb. 23 murder of Stephanie Minter, a Fairfax County Police Department commander expressed concern to prosecutors that Jalloh would strike again, according to documents provided to FFXnow by the conservative nonprofit Virginians for Safe Communities.

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UPDATED: Man shot by police on I-495 after allegedly stabbing multiple people

By Jared Serre

Published March 1, 2026 at 3:40PM | Updated March 3, 2026 at 8:26PM

Traffic on I-495 south after a stabbing and shooting incident on March 1 (screenshot via VDOT)

A man was shot by the Virginia State Police today (Sunday) after allegedly stabbing multiple people on I-495.

The incident is believed to have begun with a traffic collision that then led to a man exiting his vehicle and stabbing at least three people, according to scanner traffic.

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FCPD identifies man killed by police after triple stabbing in Mantua

By Jared Serre

Published February 25, 2026 at 11:55AM

Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

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.

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UPDATED: Man charged with murder for stabbing at Hybla Valley bus stop

By Jared Serre

Published February 24, 2026 at 10:15AM | Updated February 25, 2026 at 5:44PM

Fairfax County police Capt. Chris Cosgriff briefs media on a suspicious death in Hybla Valley (via FCPD/Facebook)

A man identified earlier as a person of interest in a woman’s suspicious death in Hybla Valley on Monday (Feb. 23) has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Fairfax County police announced on Wednesday (Feb. 25).

Police had pegged Abdul Jalloh, 32, as the last person to see Stephanie Minter, a 41-year-old woman from Fredericksburg who was found dead with “upper body trauma” at a bus stop in the 7400 block of Richmond Highway.