Despite the upward trend over the last few years, murders in Alexandria are still relatively rare, but in this past week Alexandria was hit with two separate murders. Few details are being released about either case by the Alexandria Police Department.
The first was the murder of June Saey on Oct. 18. At around 6:40 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence for a welfare check. Inside the home they found Saey, 55, stabbed to death. Officers later arrested and charged a 55-year-old male suspect whom they say knew Saey. The suspect was hospitalized with self inflicted wounds. However, because the suspect is being held in medical custody outside of Virginia, police will not release the suspect’s identity until he is in Alexandria’s custody.
The other murder occurred on Sunday, Oct. 22, at a picnic table in All Veterans Park along Four Mile Run. A shooting was reported around 8:45, and police found two people dead and one injured. One of those killed was 19-year-old Yerson Nunez Lopez, a Maryland resident, who police say shot and killed a 17-year-old girl and shot and injured a 15-year-old boy, before turning the gun on himself. Police say the suspect and the victims were all known to each other, but would not give details. As both of the victims were minors, Virginia law says family permission is required to release their names.