Audubon Estates

Audubon Estates is a trailer park in the Hybla Valley region of the Alexandria area of Fairfax County.

The 83 acres that would become the Audubon Estates trailer park were rezoned from single family housing in 1961. The park opened in September 1963.[1]

Former supervisors Robert C. Cotten, Jr. and A. Claiborne Leigh were convicted on January 14, 1967, along with Trailer Court Ventures partners Nathan Wechsler, Sigmund Goldblatt, and George and Seymour Faigen of bribery conspiracy involving the rezoning of the property.[2][3]

From 1982 to 1986, the president of Audubon, George Faigen, along with sales manager Clyde Profitt, engaged in a scheme to force prospective residents to buy their trailers from Audubon. Eventually, Audubon settled an antitrust action brought by the Commonwealth for $50,000, which was not bad considering they'd sold trailers worth over $4 million in that time.[4]

In August 2003, the park was sold to Chicago-based Hometown America.

Incidents

On September 2, 1989, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the trailer park while 2 of his friends played with a gun in the 7700 block of Eagle Avenue.[5]

On December 24, 2001, Guy L. Favorite, III strangled Brenda S. Hill in her trailer at 7910 Flamingo Drive, then hid her plastic-wrapped corpse underneath the trailer. Hill's corpse was discovered about five months later, on May 29, 2002.[6][7]

On March 2, 2007, 26-year-old Rodolfo Cardenas was stabbed and mortally wounded by 18-year-old Elvis K. Amaya, who was assisted in his assault on Cardenas by 19-year-old George Lagunas.[8] Not realizing the extent of his injuries, the heavily-intoxicated Cardena then went home to his trailer in the 7000 block of Stork Road and fell asleep on a couch, where he bled to death.[9]

On April 17, 2014, a gas explosion in the trailer park damaged 21 mobile homes.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Von Eckardt, Wolf. "Properties Identified in Indictments seen as Compatible in Area Growth." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Sep 24 1966. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
  2. ↑ McLaughlin, Maurine. "U.S. Jury Convicts 6 of Bribe Conspiracy in Fairfax Rezoning." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Jan 15 1967. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 20 Oct. 2012 .
  3. ↑ "Mayor Joins Attack on Land Zoning." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Mar 21 1967. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
  4. ↑ "Va. Trailer Case Settled." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. May 05 1988. National Newspapers Core. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
  5. ↑ "Youth Killed when Firearm Discharges in Fairfax." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Sep 03 1989. National Newspapers Core. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
  6. ↑ "CRIME & JUSTICE: Guilty Plea in Homicide." The Washington Post: 0. Apr 08 2003. ProQuest. Web. 16 Sep. 2014.
  7. ↑ "FAIRFAX CRIME WATCH." The Washington Post: 0. Jun 13 2002. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014.
  8. ↑ Glod, Maria. "Virginia Briefing: Fairfax County." The Washington Post: 0. Mar 04 2007. National Newspapers Core. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
  9. ↑ Moore, Ken. "Second Teen to Serve Three Years." Mount Vernon Gazette. Connection Newspapers, 28 May 2008.
  10. ↑ "21 Mobile Homes Damaged after Explosion." WUSA9.com. WUSA9, 17 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.

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