Category Archives: Death Investgation

News Conference Today: Additional Charges Placed in Gang-Related Murder Investigation

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Detectives have obtained charges for murder against five suspects, two adults and three teenagers, involved in the death of 15-year-old Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas: Jose Ivan Castillo Rivas, 18, 5800 block of Brunswick Street, Springfield Wilmer A. Sanchez Serrano, 21, of no fixed address A 17-year-old Alexandria-area girl Two 17-year-old boys; one of Annandale, the other of Springfield We coordinated

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UPDATE: Autopsy of Remains Ruled a Homicide

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Franconia Police District – An autopsy was conducted on the human remains found in the 7100 block of Wimsatt Road on Saturday, February 11. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death as a homicide. The victim suffered trauma to the upper body. Detectives believe the victim is Damaris A. Reyes Rivas, 15, of Gaithersburg, Md. The teenaged

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Remains Found Near Industrial Park

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Franconia Police District – Major Crimes detectives are working to determine the identity of human remains discovered today (February 11) while helping another jurisdiction search for a missing juvenile. Our detectives began their search in Lake Accotink Park, 7500 Lake Accotink Park Road, in Springfield. They expanded their search to the surrounding area and discovered the remains of a female

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Homicide Detectives Seeking Information About Pickup

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Franconia District Station – Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance to help solve the 2016 murder of Johan de Leede. On the night of the homicide, a neighbor reportedly saw a dark full-sized pickup truck leaving the area quickly. This was one of numerous leads that detectives have followed up on but they want to definitively rule out any

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Update: Victims of McLean Murder-Suicide Identified

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McLean Police District – Homicide detectives have preliminary determined that last night’s death investigation in the McLean area to be a domestic-related double murder-suicide. The decedents have been identified as Shirley Zhou, 48, James Wenjie Chen, 16, and Hong Chen, 52, of McLean. It is believed that Hong Chen fatally shot his wife, Shirley Zhou, and son, James Chen. We are

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