March 1979
Events that took place in Fairfax County in March, 1979:
- March 2 – 30-year-old Sandra L. Proctor is found shot to death in the trunk of a pink Cadillac parked near the Groveton police station in Alexandria.[1]
- March 5 – 36-year-old Winston M. Speaker shoots his 25-year-old estranged wife Beverly three times as she sits in her car outside her apartment at 7141 Groveton Gardens Road in Alexandria, then shoots himself in the head. Winston Speaker dies of his wound at the Mount Vernon Hospital the following day, while Beverly, wounded in the chest, head and side, lingers nearly a week before dying in the same hospital on March 12.[2][3][4]
- March 8 – 14-year-old Deborah L. Anwyll is stabbed to death in her home at 13164 Morning Spring Lane in the Greenbriar subdivision of Chantilly.[5][6]
- March 31 – 46-year-old Adrienne Kent Lamb fatally shoots her 47-year-old husband, retired Fairfax County Police officer Billy, to settle an argument in their home at 3213 Campbell Drive in Alexandria.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Zon, Calvin. "This Year's Four Unsolved Murders." Evening Star, 4 Apr. 1979, Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 66. NewsBank. Accessed 22 Nov. 2017.
- ↑ "Man Who Shot Self Dies; Wife Still Critical." Evening Star, 7 Mar. 1979, Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 64. NewsBank. Accessed 1 Nov. 2018.
- ↑ "Woman Shot By Her Husband Dies In Intensive Care Unit" Evening Star, 13 Mar. 1979, Two Star HOME FINAL, p. 57. NewsBank. Accessed 1 Nov. 2018.
- ↑ "Fairfax Woman Dies of Gunshot Wounds." The Washington Post (1974-Current file), Mar 13 1979, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2018.
- ↑ Knight, Athelia. "Chantilly Girl is found Dead, Apparently a Stabbing Victim." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B5. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Mar 09 1979. Web. 19 Dec. 2011.
- ↑ "Fairfax Police Open Rumor Control Unit After Girls Slaying." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): A13. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Mar 17 1979. Web. 19 Dec. 2011.
- ↑ Conway, Sharon. "Two Killed in Alexandria Shootings." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 02 1979. ProQuest. Web. 21 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Wife is Charged in Shooting Death of Fairfax Officer." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 18 1979. ProQuest. Web. 21 Aug. 2016.
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