Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, self in murder-suicide, police say

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Source: Politico

Former Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his wife, Cerina, were found dead in their Fairfax County home in an apparent murder-suicide, police said on Thursday.

“It’s high profile in nature, it’s tragic in nature, certainly a fall from grace for a relatively high-profile family that seemingly had a lot of things going in their favor,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis told reporters in a press conference.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/16/justin-fairfax-kills-wife-murder-suicide-police-say-00875764

[RockRaven]

1. For those that don't recall, he was the guy who became Lt Gov then had 2 sexual assault allegations

from some years prior come out against him. He hung on to the end of his term despite calls to resign, and tried running for Gov but got only a few percent in the primary, and that was the end of his political career.

[Omaha Steve]

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