Saba Tekle

Saba Tekle was a 34-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot outside her apartment at 6494 King Louis Drive in the Orleans Village Apartments in Alexandria following a failed rape by 17-year-old Dwayne A. Wright on October 13, 1989.[1][2]

Tekle collapsed in the doorway of her apartment and died at the scene.[1]

Tekle had left Ethiopia three years previously to escape the violence there.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richardson, Lynda. "Family Mourns Va. Woman Slain on Her Own Doorstep." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 15 1989. ProQuest. Web. 20 Aug. 2014.
  2. Thomas-Lester, Avis. "19-Year-Old Sentenced to Va. Electric Chair." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Nov 17 1991. ProQuest. Web. 20 Aug. 2014.
  3. Richardson, Lynda. "Family Mourns Va. Woman Slain on Her Own Doorstep; Police Know no Motive in Ethiopian's Death." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): d05. Oct 15 1989. ProQuest. Web. 10 Aug. 2016.