This apparently happened overnight in Virginia, in Annandale near where we used to live.
"Virginia Ex-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Kills Wife and Self, Police Say
Mr. Fairfax, a Democrat, served as lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022.
From NYT:
"Justin Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, and his wife, Cerina Fairfax, were found dead in a murder-suicide at their home in Annandale, Va., shortly after midnight on Thursday, according to the county police.
The Fairfax County police chief said that Mr. Fairfax, 47, shot his wife and then himself. Their teenage children were home at the time, the police chief said.
Mr. Fairfax, a Democrat, served as the lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022. He was accused of sexual assault by two women in 2019, prompting calls for his resignation. Mr. Fairfax denied the allegations and finished his term. He then ran unsuccessfully for governor, losing in the primary to the former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe in 2021.
Kevin Davis, the county police chief, said that the couple had been in an “ongoing domestic dispute surrounding a complicated or messy divorce.” Court records show that Mr. Fairfax and his wife, a dentist, were in court proceedings this year to divorce."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/virginia-lt-governor-justin-fairfax-murder-wife-suicide.html
"Virginia Ex-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Kills Wife and Self, Police Say
Mr. Fairfax, a Democrat, served as lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022.
From NYT:
"Justin Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, and his wife, Cerina Fairfax, were found dead in a murder-suicide at their home in Annandale, Va., shortly after midnight on Thursday, according to the county police.
The Fairfax County police chief said that Mr. Fairfax, 47, shot his wife and then himself. Their teenage children were home at the time, the police chief said.
Mr. Fairfax, a Democrat, served as the lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022. He was accused of sexual assault by two women in 2019, prompting calls for his resignation. Mr. Fairfax denied the allegations and finished his term. He then ran unsuccessfully for governor, losing in the primary to the former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe in 2021.
Kevin Davis, the county police chief, said that the couple had been in an “ongoing domestic dispute surrounding a complicated or messy divorce.” Court records show that Mr. Fairfax and his wife, a dentist, were in court proceedings this year to divorce."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/virginia-lt-governor-justin-fairfax-murder-wife-suicide.html
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