March 1971
Events that took place in Fairfax County in March, 1971:
- March 12 – 22-year-old Deborah E. Sampson gives birth to a baby boy, who she the suffocates with a plastic bag, in her apartment at 5905 Noblestown Road in Springfield. Later that day, Sampson disposes of the infant's corpse in a trash chute in the Riverside Park Apartments in Huntington, where she had briefly stayed before moving to Springfield.[1][2]
- March 19 – Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr. sentences 27-year-old motorcycle enthusiast Ronald W. Pryor to 20 years in prison for his abduction and LSD-inspired murder of 22-year-old Marine Corporal Walley L. Gaddis, Jr. in Lorton on May 29, 1969.[3]
- March 20 – The 740-acre Pohick Bay Regional Park opens.[4]
- March 24 – 20-year-old Paul S. Jones is convicted of first-degree murder for hogtying and stabbing his 58-year-old adoptive mother Ethel at the family house in Lincolnia on March 10, 1970.[5]
References
- ↑ "Day-Old Baby's Body found in Bale of Trash." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Mar 13 1971. ProQuest. Web. 9 Aug. 2017.
- ↑ "Clerk Pleads Guilty in Death of Infant." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Dec 14 1971. ProQuest. Web. 9 Aug. 2017.
- ↑ "Killer of Marine Gets 20 Years." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Mar 21 1971. ProQuest. Web. 24 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ Graves, Aubrey. "Mason Neck can Handle Only Small Boats on Ramp." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 04 1971. ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2017.
- ↑ Curry, William N. "Youth is Guilty of Stabbing Mother to Death in Lincolnia." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Mar 25 1971. ProQuest. Web. 11 Mar. 2017.
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