Vinay K. Bhatia

Vinay K. Bhatia was an 18-year-old clerk from Fairfax who was fatally stabbed by 37-year-old Raheem Abdul Muhammad in a botched robbery at the Hess gas station in the Hybla Valley on September 9, 1989.[1][2]

Bhatia was found in a back room of the station with a single six-inch stab wound in his chest. He was transported to Mount Vernon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.[1]

Bhatia was not even supposed to be there that day; he normally worked at the Hess station in Annandale and was called in on his day off to substitute for another clerk.[1]

While Muhammad got away from the robbery with $329 of the store's reciepts, he missed the nearly $1000 Bhatia had in his pocket.[2]

A 1988 graduate of Fairfax High School, Bhatia worked sometimes as many as three jobs, saving money to open his dream business: a Subway sandwich shop.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Fairfax Man is Slain." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): e07. Sep 11 1989.ProQuest. Web. 9 Sep. 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brown, DeNeen L. "Va. Man Convicted in Fairfax Slaying." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 30 Jan. 1990. Web. 09 Sept. 2016.
  3. ↑ Brown, DeNeen L. "'The Death Was Not Only Tragic, but Senseless'" Washington Post. The Washington Post, 14 Dec. 1989. Web. 09 Sept. 2016.