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Husband Kills Wife, Self At Reston Park, Fairfax County Police Say
New details have been released after a reported murder-suicide involving a couple in Fairfax County.
Patricia Gaverick, 69, and Richard Gaverick, 75, both of Herndon, have ben identified by the Fairfax County Police Department as the pair who were found dead on a trail in Reston on Wednesday, March 22.
At approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, officers were called to Stratton Woods Park on Fox Mill Road, when a community member reported that there was a man and woman unconscious on a trail nearby.
Upon arrival, officers say that they found both Gavericks suffering from apparent gun…
New Technology Helps Police In Virginia Close 34-Year-Old Sexual Assault Cold Case
New technology helped authorities solve a 34-year-old sexual assault cold case in Virginia.
George Thomas Jr., 61, of Arlington, was arrested Monday, Nov. 21 for his role in the rape, sodomy, and abduction of a 22-year-old woman on Aug. 24, 1988, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
Police said that fingerprints prints taken from the victim's vehicle at the time were recently confirmed to be a match to Thomas Jr. and his late brother, Gregory Allen Thomas, of Arlington.
A department fingerprint examiner linked the second set of fingerprints to new and unrelated arr…
