Suspicious Death Under Investigation Days After Body Found On Fairfax County Path, Police Say

A homicide investigation is ongoing in Fairfax County days after a suspicious body was found on a path in Oakton on Saturday afternoon.

Fairfax County Police Department
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Zak Failla

07/22/2024 12:47 p.m.

Shortly after 3 p.m. on July 20, officers were called to the 9500 block of Route 29, when a walker found a man unresponsive in the area, "with obvious trauma to the body."

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Monday, July 22, investigators said that it is not believed to b a random act.

The victim is described as being a Hispanic man between 20 and 30 years old, and the circumstances surrounding his death remains under investigation.

This is a developing story.

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