April 1991
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1991:
- April 12 – Circuit Court judge Johanna Fitzpatrick sentences 25-year-old Robert A. Miller to life in prison for fatally beating and stomping his girlfriend's niece, 8-year-old Destiny Souza, in her Springfield townhouse on September 17, 1990.[1]
- April 17 – 34-year-old Rodney A. Cheek fatally shoots his estranged wife, 28-year-old Deeta Venson-Cheek, as she parks her car outside the Heritage Center building in Annandale. Cheek then speeds back to Prince George's County, where he kills 34-year-old Edward Dawson in his Capitol Heights print shop and then fatally shoots himself after crashing his motorcycle into a pickup truck.[2]
- April 23 – 31-year-old Calvin Quick is shot several times and mortally wounded near his home in Reston. He is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies the next day.[3]
- April 29 – Circuit Court Judge F. Bruce Bach sentences 46-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Bruce N. Griffin to 18 years in prison for fatally stabbing his 37-year-old wife Paulette at their Chantilly home on November 25, 1990.[4]
References
- ↑ Davis, Patricia. "Killer of Fairfax Girl, 8, Gets Life Term in 'Savage Murder'." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Apr 13 1991. ProQuest. Web. 31 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ Davis, Patricia, and Paul Duggan. "Gunman Kills Two, Himself, Police Say." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Apr 18 1991.ProQuest. Web. 31 July 2016 .
- ↑ "Reston Man Shot to Death Near Home" The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B9A. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Apr 25 1991. Web. 29 Jan. 2012.
- ↑ Brown, DeNeen L. "Va. Man Gets 18 Years as Spat with Wife Leads to Murder." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 30 Apr. 1991. Web. 27 July 2016.
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