Fairfax County Police Department News

Franconia Police District – A 62-year-old woman died yesterday afternoon following a crash that occurred around 1:56 p.m. at the intersection of Franconia Road and Guilford Drive in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit preliminarily determined Jeanette Shifflet, of Alexandria, was the driver and lone occupant of a 2015 Buick Encore traveling east on Franconia Road when the vehicle left the roadway and struck two utility poles. Shifflet was taken to an area hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.  

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Preliminarily, detectives do not believe speed or alcohol were factors in the crash.  

Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact our Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text – Type “FCCS” plus tip to 847411, and by web – Click HERE. Download our Mobile tip411 App “Fairfax Co Crime Solvers”. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards of $100 to $1,000 dollars if their information leads to an arrest.  

This is the 12^th non-pedestrian related fatality in the County to date in 2021.  

Year to date, in 2020 there were 8 non-pedestrian related fatalities. 

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