February 1968
Events that took place in Fairfax County in February, 1968:
- February 3 – 42-year-old Robert M. Snapp shoots and mortally wounds his 38-year-old estranged wife Betty outside his home at 2801 Fort Drive in Alexandria. She is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where she dies the next day.[1][2]
- February 20 – 19-year-old Wiley M. Blevins pleads guilty to second-degree murder for beating 67-year-old Charlie Nicholson to death in the Blevinstown area of Fairfax on February 5, 1967.[3]
References
- ↑ "Wife Dies of Shooting." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Feb 05 1968. ProQuest. Web. 20 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Man Convicted in Wife's Death." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. May 03 1968. ProQuest. Web. 5 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ "Youth Pleads Guilty in Man's Death." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Feb 21 1968, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 18 Sep. 2018.
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