January 1981
Events that took place in Fairfax County in January, 1981:
- January 8 – 30-year-old John H. Wright is convicted of murder for the fatal shootings of 29-year-old Gary Cook and 54-year-old Grover Glass in the Nightingale Trailer Park in Alexandria on July 8, 1980.[1]
- January 10 – The frozen corpse of 19-year-old John Shepard is found in a sleeping bag in some woods near Lake Anne in Reston.[2]
- January 21 – 22-year-old Nguyen Xuan Phang is stabbed to death by his cousin, 19-year-old Nguyen Bong Van, to settle an argument in their shared apartment at 5835 Oakview Gardens Drive in Bailey's Crossroads.[3]
References
- ↑ Hiatt, Fred "Man Convicted OF Murders at Trailer Park"Evening Star, 9 Jan. 1981, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 59. NewsBank. Accessed 17 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Bruske, Ed. "Frozen Body of 19-Year-Old found in Sleeping Bag in Va." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jan 12 1981. ProQuest. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Man is Slain with a Knife; Cousin Charged." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jan 23 1981. ProQuest. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.
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