April 1960
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1960:
- April 2 – Two-month-old Rolanda Denney is smothered to death in the wood stove of her mother's second-floor apartment at 5929 Oak Street in Baileys Crossroads while her mother Virginia is out visiting. Virginia discovers her daughter's burned corpse in the smoldering stove when she returns home.[1][2]
- April 21 – 12-year-old Charles W. Kidwell is struck and killed by an automobile as he walks along a rural road in Chantilly.[3]
References
- ↑ "Infant Suffocated while Mother Visits." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 03 1960. ProQuest. Web. 2 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Missing 2-Month-Old Tot found in Burning Stove." Afro-American (1893-1988): 8. Apr 16 1960. ProQuest. Web. 2 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ O'Neill, Jeffrey S. "Boy, 12, Walking Home from School Hurled 170 Feet to His Death by Auto." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Apr 22 1960. Web. 16 Dec. 2011.
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