Anita Cunningham

Carolyn Anita Cunningham (November 13, 1961 – August 26, 1975) was a 13-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and strangled to death by William M. McGinty in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Alexandria on August 26, 1975.[1][2][3]

Cunningham had graduated from Mark Twain Intermediate School the previous June, and was about to start the ninth grade at Thomas A. Edison High School when she was murdered.[1] Instead, she was buried in the Mount Comfort Cemetery.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Grubisich, Thomas. "Body found in Fairfax." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Aug 28 1975. ProQuest. Web. 19 Dec. 2013.
  2. Grubisich, Thomas. "Fairfax Girl, 13, was Strangled." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Aug 29 1975. ProQuest. Web. 19 Dec. 2013.
  3. "Dead Girl was Sexually Assaulted, Fairfax Police Say After Autopsy." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Aug 30 1975. ProQuest. Web. 19 Dec. 2013.