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On July 12, 2026, in Fair Oaks, Fairfax, Virginia, 60-year-old Chisen Azuma Jameson was fatally shot in her home. Her husband, 64-year-old retired math professor Leland Jameson, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 12, 2026
View DetailsThe Augusta County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) identified the deaths of Sharon Kay Clark Armentrout, 70, and Alan Wayne Armentrout, 71, as an apparent murder-suicide. Alan allegedly shot Sharon before taking his own life at their …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: May 11, 2026
View DetailsMayra Gonzalez-Galvan, 39, was found dead from a firearm inside her home in Cascade, Virginia. Luis Jaime Oscasio-Padilla, 25, her boyfriend and father of her child, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed burglary …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: May 10, 2026
View DetailsOn April 16, 2026, former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax fatally shot his estranged wife, Dr. Serena Fairfax, in the basement of their Annandale home before running upstairs to the primary bedroom and killing himself …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: April 16, 2026
View DetailsIn 2023, IRS agent Brendan Banfield reported a home invasion where a stranger attacked his wife Christine Banfield. However, investigations revealed that Brendan and the family's au pair, Juliana Presmagueres, orchestrated the murder to cover …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 2023
View DetailsChristine Banfield, a nurse and mother from Virginia, was fatally stabbed in her home in a staged attack involving an unknown man, Joseph Ryan, who was later found dead from gunshot wounds. Investigations revealed that …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 2023
View DetailsBrendan Banfield was sentenced to life in prison without parole for orchestrating the murder of his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their Northern Virginia home in 2023. The case involved Brendan's …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 2023
View DetailsBrendan Banfield was found guilty of the aggravated murders of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan inside their Northern Virginia home on February 24, 2023. The case involved an alleged murder plot with Brendan's …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 2023
View DetailsKatlyn Lyon, a 28-year-old mother, was found unresponsive in her apartment in Bedford County, Virginia, after sustaining strangulation injuries. Initially suspected as a drug overdose, investigation revealed she was violently assaulted. Her ex-boyfriend, Trenton Frye, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 7, 2022
View DetailsJohn and Karina Rafter had a tumultuous relationship involving marriage, divorce, and custody disputes. Karina, with a history of alcohol abuse and domestic violence, was convicted of murdering John with a 16-gauge double-barrel shotgun in …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 9, 2016
View DetailsNicole Lovell, a 13-year-old girl from Blacksburg, Virginia, was abducted and murdered by 18-year-old Virginia Tech student David Eisenhower, with assistance from fellow student Natalie Keepers. Nicole was lured through the Kik messaging app, where …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 27, 2016
View DetailsPatty Jo Pulley disappeared on May 16, 1989, after her pickup truck was found abandoned near Highway 62. She was married to local pastor Rick Pulley, who became the prime suspect due to suspicious injuries …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: May 16, 1989
View DetailsIn 1985, German exchange student Jens Söring and his girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom were involved in the brutal double murder of Elizabeth's parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, in Virginia. The couple had a passionate but toxic …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: April 3, 1985
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