April 1981
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1981:
- April 4 – 83-year-old Juanita G. Esparolini wanders away from the Leewood Nursing Home and is struck and killed in front of the home at 7120 Braddock Road in Annandale by a 1974 Opel driven by 25-year-old Johnny Ray Brown.[1][2]
- April 14 – 19-year-old Jonathan P. Reinemer is convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for causing the November 9, 1980 crash that killed his three passengers, 18-year-olds Alana J. Klingebiel and Wallace Simpson, Jr. and 17-year-old Deborah L. Rodgers as well as the driver of another car, 22-year-old Lawrence O'Brien.[3]
- April 21 – James D. Fries shoots and mortally wounds 48-year-old Franklin D. Sumpter with a shotgun during a botched early-morning robbery at the 7-Eleven at 7724 Telegraph Road in Alexandria.[4][5] Sumpter is discovered unconscious on the floor of the store and taken to the Mount Vernon Hospital, where he dies later that morning.[4]
References
- ↑ "Annandale Resident, 83, Killed on Braddock Road." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 06 1981. ProQuest. Web. 25 Dec. 2017 .
- ↑ "Elderly Resident of Nursing Home Wanders Away, Is Killed by Car." Evening Star, 6 Apr. 1981, Three Star MONDAY FINAL, p. 47. NewsBank. Accessed 25 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Boodman, Sandra G. "Driver Convicted In Va. Collision That Killed Four." Washington Post. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 1981. Web. 11 June 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Va. 7-Eleven Store Worker Killed in Apparent Robbery." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 22 1981. ProQuest. Web. 19 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ Shiver, Jube, Jr. "Fairfax Man, 19, Convicted of Convenience Store Killing." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 02 1981. ProQuest. Web. 19 Aug. 2014.
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