November 1997

Events that took place in Fairfax County in November, 1997:

November 9 – 19-year-old Elvia Garcia fatally poisons her 11-day-old son Ivan at her home in the Audubon Estates trailer park in Alexandria by putting the painkiller tramadol hydrochloride in his formula.^[1]^[2]^[3]
November 12 – Daniel A. Domenech is chosen as superintendent by the Fairfax County School Board in an 8-4 party line vote over Madison, Wisconsin superintendent Cheryl W. Wilhoyte.^[4]
November 22 – 17-year-old Robinson High School senior Maren E. Polach unintentionally kills herself on Clifton Road in Clifton when she drives off the road and strikes a tree.^[5]
November 25 – 25-year-old Gwendolyn T. Jackson is beaten and strangled to death in her townhouse at 4559 Southland Avenue in the Lincolnia area of Alexandria by her boyfriend's estranged wife, Dolly Parks.^[6]^[7]

References

↑ Moreno, Sylvia. "Prescription Drug Leaves Baby Dead, Police Curious." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Nov 25 1997.ProQuest. Web. 26 July 2016.
↑ Lacharite, Gretchen. "Mom killed infant with painkillers, police say." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 26 Nov. 1997: 3. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.
↑ Moreno, Sylvia, and Brooke A. Masters. "Mother's Admission Too Little to Convict; Lack of Proof Cited in Infant's Death." The Washington Post: B01. Mar 14 1998.ProQuest. Web. 26 July 2016.
↑ Benning, Victoria. "Fairfax Schools Hire Long Island Educator; New Superintendent Praised for His Passion." The Washington Post: 0. Nov 13 1997. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2013.
↑ "Burke Girl, 17, Killed when Minivan Crashes." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 31. Nov 23 1997. ProQuest. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
↑ "Woman, 25, found Slain in Fairfax." The Washington Post: 0. Nov 27 1997. ProQuest. Web. 13 Sep. 2014.
↑ Jackman, Tom. "Wife Gets 25 Years for Killing Girlfriend." The Washington Post: 0. Feb 13 1999. ProQuest. Web. 13 Sep. 2014.

Fairfax County by Year: 1997
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