October 1997
Events that took place in Fairfax County in October, 1997:
- October 17 – 4-year-old Malcolm Hill is killed by 33-year-old Robert Brennan when he drunkenly crashes his 1996 Ford Ranger into the back of a Mazda 626 driven by Robert's mother Penny as she waits to turn onto Nutley Street from Lee Highway in Fairfax.[1][2][3]
- October 20 – 49-year-old Sheryl W. Czepluch, a librarian at Dranesville Elementary School, is killed when a deer struck by another car crashes through the windshield of her Volvo as she drives along Old Dominion Drive in McLean.[4][5]
- October 31 – 19-year-old William T. Robinson pleads guilty to the June 18 murder of 29-year-old Sandra Zembruski.[6]
References
- ↑ "Toddler killed in crash; drunken driving cited." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 19 Oct. 1997: 11. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 29 Jan. 2017. Note: This article incorrectly identifies the drunk who killed Malcolm Hill as Robert Grinnan.
- ↑ Shaver, Katherine. "Ride Home Turns Fatal for Boy, 4." The Washington Post. WP Company, 19 Oct. 1997. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ Lacharite, Gretchen. "Driver in crash known boozer." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 22 Oct. 1997: 5. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ Lacharite, Gretchen, and Jeremy Redmon. "Collision with deer kills one in McLean.(Metropolitan Times)(Top Of The News)." The Washington Times (Washington, DC). News World Communications, Inc. 1997. HighBeam Research. 24 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "McLean Woman Killed as Deer Hits Car." The Washington Post: B.03. National Newspapers Core. Oct 21 1997. Web. 24 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ Lacharite, Gretchen, and Walden Siew "Sometimes, it's just a matter of luck." The Washington Times, 15 Feb. 1998, 2, A NATION SPECIAL REPORT, p. A6. NewsBank. Accessed 9 Feb. 2018.
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