January 1950
Events that took place in Fairfax County in January, 1950:
- January 3 – The City of Alexandria announces its plans to annex 7½ square miles of Fairfax County.[1]
- January 13 – 41-year-old Charles F. Holober is convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for burying his 8-month-old daughter June alive after murdering his pregnant 37-year-old wife Frances in Pender on February 24, 1949.[2][3]
- January 13 – 29-year-old Charlotte Meekins is raped, beaten, and drowned in an inlet of the Hunting Creek in on the grounds of the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria. Her corpse is discovered early the next morning by club employee Edward Clift.[4][5][6]
- January 23 – Courtney L. Stone is killed when his car is crushed by a tractor-trailer on Route 1 near Accotink.[7]
- January 23 – 75-year-old Dr. James Middleton commits suicide by asphyxiating himself in his automobile in the parking lot of the Fairview Elementary School in Fairfax Station.[7]
References
- ↑ "Alexandria Plans to Annex 7½ Square Miles of Fairfax" Evening Star, 3 Jan. 1950, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 19 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Holober Guilty, Sentenced to Die On February 15" Evening Star, 13 Jan. 1950, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 19 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ Jordan, Robert P. "Holober Convicted; Sentenced to Death." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 3. Jan 14 1950. ProQuest. Web. 19 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Teen-Age Girl's Body, Badly Beaten, Found Near Belle Haven Club" Evening Star, 14 Jan. 1950, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 24 Aug. 2017.
- ↑ "Woman Found Dead Near Alexandria" The Washington Post (1923-1954): M9. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 15 1950. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "Leads Traced in Fairfax Inlet Slaying." The Washington Post (1923-1954): B6. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 16 1950. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Several Die by Violence" The Evening Star, 24 Jan. 1950, p. 2. NewsBank. Accessed 24 Aug. 2017.
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