May 1984
Events that took place in Fairfax County in May, 1984:
- May 10 – Circuit Court Judge Quinlan H. Hancock orders Educational Books, a pornographic book store on Richmond Highway near Fort Belvoir, to close because of the homosexual acts taking place in the private movie booths in the store.[1][2]
- May 21 – 25-year-old Eva D. Smith is shot to death by her boyfriend, 35-year-old Charles R. Davis, Jr., in her apartment at 2789 Hollywood Road in the Wexford Manor Apartments in Falls Church.[3][4]
- May 21 – Mount Vernon District Supervisor Sandra L. Duckworth announces her intention to resign from the Board of Supervisors to move to Hawaii, where her husband Donald had taken a position as the director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.[5]
- May 23 – 30-year-old Nancy Lee Kantarian stabs her daughter, 6-year-old Talia, to death in her Great Falls home, which she then sets on fire, causing her other daughter, 5-year-old Jamie, to burn to death.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Fishman, Charles. "Sex Acts in Bookstore Lead to Closure Order." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 11 1984. ProQuest. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ Fishman, Charles. "Va. Adult Bookstore Fined $80,000 on Obscenity Counts." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 17 1984. ProQuest. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Fairfax Woman Fatally Shot; Warrant Issued for Boyfriend." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 22 1984. ProQuest. Web. 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fairfax Jury Convicts Caretaker of Fatally Shooting Woman Tenant." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Aug 01 1984. ProQuest. Web. 27 July 2016 .
- ↑ Moore, Molly. "Duckworth Plans Resignation from Fairfax County Board." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. May 22 1984. ProQuest. Web. 3 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "AROUND THE NATION; Virginia Woman Held in Her Daughter's Death." New York Times: A.14. National Newspapers Core. May 25 1984. Web. 11 Oct. 2011.
- ↑ Flowers, Ronald B., and H. Loraine Flowers. Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &, 2004. Print.
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