Category Archives: Homicide

UPDATE: Preliminary Charges Placed in Gang-Related Murder; News Conference Today, 1 p.m.

Detectives have identified 10 suspects, four adults and six juveniles, they believe to be involved in the murder of 15-year-old Damaris A. Reyes Rivas. As our investigation develops, we have determined the victim was held against her will, taken to Lake Accotink Park and assaulted before she was killed and left nearby in the 7100 block of Wimsatt Road. Detectives

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UPDATE: Autopsy of Remains Ruled a Homicide

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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Homicide Detectives Seeking Information About Pickup

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

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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Healthcare Center Death Ruled Homicide; No Charges Expected

Franconia Police District –On June 15, 2016, Homicide Squad detectives received a call from an investigator with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reporting a death. The decedent, 87-year-old, Danielle Griffin, was a resident of Leewood Healthcare Center, located at 7120 Braddock Road in Annandale. Detectives learned that on May 8, 2016, Griffin and another female healthcare center resident

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