Category Archives: Homicide

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced in Connection with 2016 Fairfax Murder

The following release is from the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia. ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Salvadoran member of the transnational street gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an adolescent boy in 2016. According to court documents, Edwin Orellana Caballero,

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Wanted Murder Suspect Arrested 30+ Years Later in Costa Rica

Fairfax County, VA – After three decades on the run, an estranged husband wanted for a 1991 murder in Fairfax County was arrested as he attempted to enter Costa Rica. On April 30, 1991, officers responded to the 3100 block of Cofer Road in West Falls Church for a stabbing. Ana Jurado, 24, was found suffering from trauma to the

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Detectives Investigating Fatal Shooting in Franconia

Franconia Police District — Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau are investigating a shooting that left a Woodbridge man dead. Yesterday, at 1:47 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 5300 block of Harbor Court Drive in Franconia. After an extensive search of the area, no victims or suspects were located at the scene. Prior to police

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Family Au Pair Charged in Reston Fatal Shooting Case

Reston Police District – Following an intensive and ongoing investigation spanning nearly 7 months, FCPD homicide detectives have arrested an au pair in connection to February’s fatal shooting of a man near the Hattontown neighborhood. When officers initially responded to the Banfield home in the 13200 block of Stable Brook Way, on February 24, 2023, they descended upon an appalling

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