April 1959
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1959:
- April 6 – Nine-month-old Robert H. Jackson, Jr. is fatally burned when a jar of gasoline explodes in the kitchen of his family's home at 3120 Elmwood Drive in the Burgundy Village neighborhood of Alexandria. The infant is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he dies of his burns on April 19.[1][2]
- April 11 – 41-year-old Joseph B. Matthews interrupts breakfast in the family home at 6505 Highland Avenue in Springfield by beating to death his 3 children, 14-year-old Susan and 13-year-old twins Sharon and Steven, and attempting to murder his 43-year-old wife Helen with a baseball bat. He then commits suicide by slashing his own throat with a butcher knife.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Explosion Burns Baby, Father." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. Apr 07 1959. ProQuest. Web. 11 June 2017.
- ↑ "Gasoline Blast Fatal to Child." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. Apr 21 1959. ProQuest. Web. 11 June 2017.
- ↑ Lawson, John, and Albon B. Hailey. "Father Kills His 3 Children, Slays Self with Butcher Knife." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Apr 12 1959. Web. 6 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ Guinn, Muriel, and Albon B. Hailey. "Autopsy Fails to Reveal Clue to Family Slaying." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): A3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Apr 14 1959. Web. 6 Feb. 2012.
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