July 1980
Events that took place in Fairfax County in July, 1980:
- July 8 – 29-year-old John H. Wright fatally shoots 29-year-old Gary A. Cook and 54-year-old Grover C. Glass and injures 29-year-old Barbara Reese with a shotgun to settle an argument in the Nightingale Trailer Park in Alexandria.[1]
- July 9 – 12-year-old Susan Torres is fatally injured when the moped she is riding is struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old girl in Annandale. She dies of head injuries at Fairfax Hospital the following day.[2][3]
- July 14 – 28-year-old Terry G. Blackstock is shot to death in a secluded area near 11215 Gunston Road in Lorton.[4]
- July 18 – 33-year-old Amilcar Desprazeres beats his roommate, 45-year-old Antonio Flores, in the head with a pipe, fatally injuring him, in their apartment on Chain Bridge Road in Oakton. Flores is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies on July 23.[5]
- July 24 – 19-year-old Groveton High School dropout Robert W. Staudaher is shot and mortally wounded by Fairfax County Police Sergeant Daniel Grimes when he emerges from a second floor bedroom firing a .30 caliber rifle following a six hour standoff at the family home at 7401 Range Road in Mount Vernon. Staudaher is taken to the Mount Vernon Hospital, where he dies shortly thereafter.[6]
- July 25 – 34-year-old Richard L. Whitley strangles and cuts the throat of his neighbor, 63-year-old Phoebe Parsons, then strips her naked and sexually abuses her corpse before ransacking her home at 7718 Lisle Avenue in the Pimmit Hills neighborhood of Falls Church.[7][8]
- July 30 – Judge Barnard F. Jennings sentences William Brown, III to two life terms plus 20 years in prison for the May 26, 1979 murder of Margaret E. Goehring.[9]
References
- ↑ Korry, Alexandra D. "Fight Over Liquor Led to Deaths of 2 Men." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 10 1980. ProQuest. Web. 15 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Girl Dies of Injuries in Car-Moped Crash." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 12 1980. ProQuest. Web. 18 Mar. 2018 .
- ↑ "Susan Torres, 12, Killed in Crash." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 17 1980. ProQuest. Web. 18 Mar. 2018.
- ↑ White, Ronald D. "Murder of Virginia Contractor Baffles Colleagues and Police." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jul 19 1980. ProQuest. Web. 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "Man Charged in Fairfax Death." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 24 1980. ProQuest. Web. 15 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ Bruske, Ed. "Mount Vernon Man, 19, Slain After Threatening His Family." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 25 1980. ProQuest. Web. 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "Woman, 63, found Stabbed to Death." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 29 1980. ProQuest. Web. 28 Jan. 2014.
- ↑ "Va. Court Rejects Death Appeal." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. Mar 31 1987. ProQuest. Web. 28 Jan. 2014.
- ↑ "Man is Sentenced to 2 Life Terms in Slaying Justice Aide." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jul 31 1980. ProQuest. Web. 30 Jan. 2014.
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