March 1981
Events that took place in Fairfax County in March, 1981:
- March 5 – 15-year-old James L. Cornbrooks is fatally injured when he is shot in the head with a flare gun loaded with a shotgun shell at his family's house at 2204 Basset Street in Alexandria. Cornbrooks is taken to the Mount Vernon Hospital, where he dies about an hour later.[1][2]
- March 17 – 17-year-old James L. Lathon is convicted of second-degree murder for strangling his 15-year-old girlfriend Karen M. Benson to death at his brother's house in Groveton on September 24, 1980.[3]
References
- ↑ Piantadosi, Roger, and Mike Sager. "Virginia Boy, 15, Fatally Wounded with Flare Gun." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Mar 06 1981. ProQuest. Web. 8 Oct. 2017.
- ↑ "Shotgun Blast Kills Teen-Ager" Evening Star, 6 Mar. 1981, Two Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 60. NewsBank. Accessed 8 Oct. 2017.
- ↑ Collins, Denis. "17-Year-Old Convicted of Murdering Girlfriend." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Mar 18 1981. ProQuest. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.
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