April 1975
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1975:
- April 6 – The corpse of 17-year-old Farnum L. Burton is found in a pond off of Gunston Road. Burton had been shot 6 times, wrapped in chains from the waist down, and rolled in a blanket before being dropped in the pond. Burton was not identified until almost a year later, when an aunt recognized a picture published in the Alexandria Gazette.[1]
- April 19 – 20-year-old Richard D. Schofield is stabbed to death in the back yard of the home at 8701 Georgetown Pike in McLean. Schofield's corpse is discovered about 12 hours later by gardener Ellsworth Walker.[2][3]
- April 28 – 47-year-old North Carolina farmer Vivian Glover fatally shoots one of his daughters, 25-year-old Diane Burgess, and seriously wounds another, 17-year-old Gloria Glover, before turning his .38 caliber revolver on himself at Burgess' ground-floor apartment at 6490 King Louis drive in the Orleans Village apartment complex in Alexandria.[4]>[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ Rosenfeld, Megan. "Body Found Year Ago Identified as Youth, 17." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Feb 28 1976. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.
- ↑ "P.G. Man Found Slain In Wooded Fairfax Yard." Evening Star, 21 Apr. 1975, 3rd Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 30. NewsBank. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Hyattsville Man Slain in Fairfax." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 22 1975. ProQuest. Web. 11 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ Kiernan, Laura A., and Douglas C. Lyons. "Father Kills Va. Daughter and Himself." The Washington Post (1974-Current file), Apr 29 1975, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. 23 Sep. 2018.
- ↑ Shandler, Phillip, and Lurma Rackley. "Father Kills Daughter, Self." Evening Star, 29 Apr. 1975, 3rd Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 20. NewsBank. Accessed 23 Sep. 2018.
- ↑ Zon, Calvin. "A Grieving Family Finds No Answers" Evening Star, 1 May 1975, Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 27. NewsBank. Accessed 23 Sep. 2018.
- ↑ Lyons, Douglas C. "Slayer-Suicide Sought Treatment for Alcoholism." The Washington Post (1974-Current file), May 02 1975, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 23 Sep. 2018.
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