1993
Events that took place in Fairfax County in 1993:
Contents
January
- David P. Bobzien is appointed County Attorney by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.[1]
- January 17 - A police chase by an Arlington County Police officer ends when the suspect's stolen Toyota Tercel broadsides a Subaru at the intersection of Broad and Washington streets in Falls Church, killing 43-year-old Lemon Road Elementary School principal Emory W. Burchett and his daughters, 12-year-old Kara and 8-year-old Rena.[2][3]
- January 25 - Mir Aimal Kasi, a Pakistani national, opens fire on a line of cars waiting to enter the Central Intelligence Agency's Langley headquarters. Kansi kills 28-year-old Frank Darling and 66-year-old Dr. Lansing H. Bennett, and injures Nicholas Starr, Calvin Morgan, and Stephen E. Williams.[4]
February
- February 5 – The Federal Realty Investment Trust purchases the Pan Am Shopping Center for $21,250,000.
- February 23 – 37-year-old Nancy Koppel is killed when she pulls her 1990 Dodge Shadow in front of a 1990 Toyota Four-Runner driven by 42-year-old off-duty Fairfax County Police Lieutenant Colin Morgan on Stringfellow Road in Chantilly and is struck.[5]
March
- March 5 – Springfield Mall becomes the first shopping mall in Fairfax County to ban smoking in its public areas.[6]
- March 13 – Michael Martin is stabbed to death by James Cowan at the maximum security facility of the Lorton Correctional Complex.
- March 28 – The 36-inch Colonial Pipeline buried near the parking lot of the Reston Hospital Center ruptures, sending a 100-foot geyser of diesel oil spraying into the air in Reston, eventually spilling over 400,000 gallons of the fuel and polluting the nearby Sugarland Run.[7]
April
- April 21 – 33-year-old Rory R. Randolph is stabbed to death by Raynaldo Brandon and James Smith at the Lorton Correctional Complex to satisfy an unpaid debt.[8]
- April 22 – 35-year-old Krista L. Knott is fatally injured in a hit-and-run crash at the intersection of Backlick and Edsall Road in Springfield when the car she is driving is broadsided by a pickup truck. Knott is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where she is pronounced dead.[9][10]
May
- May 6 – 2-year-old Bladimir Ventura drowns in Lake Barton in Burke while playing with his 3-year-old sister. The child is pulled out of the water by a passerby, but dies of his injuries at Fairfax Hospital on May 9.[11]
- May 29 – 8-month-old Mario Roberto Sierra drowns in Lake Accotink when his family's canoe overturns. The child's body is found by Fairfax County police divers the next day.[12]
June
- June 10 – John Kowalczyk is shot to death in Vienna by hired killer Ralph N. Shambaugh, Jr..[13][14]
- June 11 – 38-year-old Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dale H. Fredericks is murdered in front of his friend's Penn Daw home in Alexandria by 19-year-old Kamal S. Muwwakkil, who blows Fredericks' head off with a shotgun in order to steal his 1987 Mazda RX-7.[15][16]
- June 28 – The Burke Centre Mini-Library in Burke is heavily damaged in an arson fire.[17]
July
- July 8 – 37-year-old Jeanette G. Harper proves herself to be a terrible house guest when she fatally stabs her host, 71-year-old Ada G. Sanderson, in Sanderson's house at 2909 Rogers Drive in Falls Church.[18]
- July 31 – 17-year-old William W. Crocker, IV is shot in the head and mortally wounded by 19-year-old Rick E. Herring at a construction site in the 7500 block of Dudrow Road in Springfield.[19]
August
- August 4 – 45-year-old Fairfax County Park Authority clerk Teresa L. Thornton is stabbed to death by her ex-husband, William J. Thornton, outside the Authority's offices on Pender Drive in Fairfax.[20][21]
- August 8 – Fairfax County Police Officers Wellford M. Brock, III and John A. Absalon fatally shoot 59-year-old Gloria Richardson at her home in Fairfax when she points a gun at them in a suicide-by-cop. Richardson is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where she dies.[22][23]
September
- September 24 – Fairfax Hospital signs a conciliation agreement in which they agree to pay nearly $604,000 to 52 female managers to settle allegations of sex bias made by the U.S. Department of Labor.[24]
October
- October 24 – 41-year-old Jesus B. Arreaga is shot and mortally wounded by Fairfax County police officer Frank Stecco when Arreaga reaches for a knife in his belt in the stairway of the Meadow Woods Apartments in Alexandria. Arreaga is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies early the next morning following surgery.[25]
- October 28 – Herndon police officers Michael B. Berg and Lawrence A. Whitmer shoot and mortally wound 24-year-old Jonathan S. Smith, who had broken into his ex-girlfriend's Herndon townhouse and barricaded himself inside, when he threatens the officers with a knife. Smith is taken to the Reston Hospital Center, where he dies.[26]
- October 29 – On her way to a party to celebrate her recent birthday, 14-year-old Christina Winkler is killed by 38-year-old drunk driver Sheila D. Hostetter as she and her 14-year-old friend Lane attempt to cross Reston Parkway in Reston.[27]
November
- November 2 – Fairfax County voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum allowing for the direct election of members of the Fairfax County School Board.[28]
- November 6 – 27-year-old security guard Tina F. Ricca is shot to death at the construction site of the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly.[29]
December
- December 2 – 33-year-old Candy A. Wharton is convicted of volunary manslaughter for fatally stabbing her 21-year-old boyfriend, Timothy W. Easley, in Centreville on the morning of February 18, 1989.[30]
Crime
64 people were killed in 59 fatal traffic crashes in Fairfax County in 1993. 20 of those crashes involved alcohol.
References
- ↑ "David P. Bobzien." Reston EVillage. Restonevillage.org. Web. 29 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ Castaneda, Ruben. "Fairfax Principal, Two Daughters Die in Crash." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 18 1993. Web. 15 Feb. 2012
- ↑ Lewis, Nancy, and Sandra Evans. "Police Fill in Details of Crash that Killed 3." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 19 1993. Web. 15 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ Miller, Bill, and Patricia Davis. "Gunman Slays 2, Wounds 3 Outside CIA." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jan 26 1993. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.
- ↑ Smith, Todd. "Chantilly woman killed - Off-duty officer involved in crash." The Washington Times, 24 Feb. 1993, 2, B METROPOLITAN, p. B3. NewsBank. Accessed 19 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ Swisher, Kara, and Bill Miller. "Va.'s Springfield Mall to Prohibit Smoking." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Mar 04 1993. ProQuest. Web. 18 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Flashback Monday: Reston, the Superfund Site." Web log post. Restonian. Restonian Amalgamated Web Logs and Extruded Pork Products Worldwide, Ltd., 16 Mar. 2009. Web. 1 Nov. 2016.
- ↑ Miller, Bill. "3 Guilty in Fatal Stabbing of Fellow Lorton Prisoner." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 21 July 1994. Web. 05 Nov. 2016.
- ↑ "Va. Woman Killed, Mother Injured when Car is Struck in Hit-and-Run." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 24 1993. ProQuest. Web. 13 July 2016 .
- ↑ "Burke Man Charged in Fatal Accident." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Apr 25 1993. ProQuest. Web. 13 July 2016 .
- ↑ "2-Year-Old Dies After Lake Accident." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. May 11 1993. National Newspapers Core. Web. 9 Dec. 2012 .
- ↑ "Body of 8-Month-Old Boy Retrieved from Lake Accotink." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. May 31 1993. ProQuest. Web. 21 Aug. 2014 .
- ↑ Murdoch, Joyce. "Slain Va. Builder Said He Feared for His Life." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Jun 13 1993. Web. 24 Nov. 2011.
- ↑ Fountain, John W. "W.Va. Man Pleads Guilty in Fairfax Builder's Slaying." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): D1A. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Mar 08 1995. Web. 24 Nov. 2011.
- ↑ "Falls Church Man is Fatally Shot." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jun 13 1993. ProQuest. Web. 17 June 2014 .
- ↑ Davis, Patricia. "Jury Spares Killer of Marine Musician." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 09 1994. ProQuest. Web. 17 June 2014.
- ↑ Blum, Justin. "17-Year-Old is Charged in Fire that Damaged Burke Library." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): C3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jul 01 1993. Web. 26 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ Miller, Bill. "Woman Freed on Insanity Plea Held in New Slaying." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jul 10 1993. ProQuest. Web. 7 July 2014.
- ↑ "Fairfax Man Pleads Guilty in Shootings." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): b.06. National Newspapers Core. Aug 16 1994. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ Davis, Patricia. "Woman Stabbed to Death in Fairfax." The Washington Post: 0. Aug 05 1993. ProQuest. Web. 16 Aug. 2014 .
- ↑ Davis, Patricia. "Va. Man Gets 60 Years for Fatally Stabbing Wife." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): B3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Feb 05 1994. Web. 18 Dec. 2011.
- ↑ "Fairfax Police Kill Armed Woman, 59." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): D04. Aug 09 1993. ProQuest. Web. 15 Aug. 2016 .
- ↑ "Slain Fairfax Woman Identified." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): D05. Aug 10 1993. ProQuest. Web. 15 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ Davis, Patricia. "Fairfax Hospital to Pay $604,000 in Sex Bias Study." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Oct 01 1993. ProQuest. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
- ↑ Stencel, Mark. "Man Shot by Fairfax Officer Dies After Surgery." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 26 1993. ProQuest. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ Stencel, Mark. "2 Officers Fatally Shoot Intruder in Herndon; Police Say Man Left Barricade, Approached them with Knife." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Oct 28 1993. ProQuest. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Teen Pedestrian Killed, another Injured." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Oct 30 1993. National Newspapers Core. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.
- ↑ O'Harrow, Robert. "N.Va. Localities Vote to Elect School Boards; Residents Across State Want Say on Education." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): A.29. National Newspapers Core. Nov 03 1993. Web. 14 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "Construction Guard Slain." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Nov 08 1993. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 27 Oct. 2012.
- ↑ Stencel, Mark. "Woman Found Guilty in 1989 Slaying of Boyfriend in Fairfax." The Washington Post. WP Company, 03 Dec. 1993. Web. 16 Feb. 2017.
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