December 1986
Events that took place in Fairfax County in December, 1986:
- The South County Community Shelter opens in Fort Belvoir.[1]
- December 19 – The 12-theater Lee Highway Multiplex Cinemas opens in Merrifield.
- December 27 – Upset that she intends to break up with him, 19-year-old Mark E. Willey shoots his 19-year-old girlfriend Karen E. Emmert several times in the face at her apartment on Gainsborough Court in the City of Fairfax, killing her, then turns the .22 caliber rifle on himself, shooting himself once in the forehead. Willey is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies early the next morning. Willey's heart is used in the first Washington area's first heart transplant.[2][3][4]
- December 28 – Dr. Edward A. Lefrak performs the Washington area's first heart transplant on 20-year-old Eva Baisey at Fairfax Hospital.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Baker, Peter. "Smoothing Over Hard Times for the Homeless." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Aug 01 1992. ProQuest. Web. 26 Dec. 2013.
- ↑ "Va. Man Kills Woman, Wounds Self." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 28 1986. ProQuest. Web. 27 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Associated Press. "1 Dead, 1 Hurt - Boyfriend Is Blamed." Richmond Times-Dispatch, 28 Dec. 1986, City, Area/State, p. B-13. NewsBank. Accessed 27 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Associated Press. "First Heart Transplant in Fairfax Goes Well." Richmond Times-Dispatch, 30 Dec. 1986, Capital, Virginia, p. 11. NewsBank. Accessed 27 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Dickerson, Susan. "10 Years of Heart to Heart Transplants: Fairfax Has Original, Plus." Fairfax Journal. Journal Newspapers, 27 Dec. 1996. Web. 12 May 2014.
- ↑ Dickerson, Susan. "Name the Organ, Fairfax Hospital Transplants It." Fairfax Journal. Journal Newspapers, 27 Dec. 1996. Web. 12 May 2014.
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