Virginia Ex-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Kills Wife and Self, Police Say

[PunkinPi]

Justin Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, fatally shot his wife, Cerina Fairfax, and then killed himself at their home in Annandale, Va., shortly after midnight on Thursday, according to the county police.

The Fairfax County police chief, Kevin Davis, said that the couple’s teenage children were home at the time, and that their son called 911 to report the shooting.

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, separated in 2024 but were living in the same house. Dr. Fairfax, 49, filed for divorce last summer.

Source/more - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/virginia-lt-governor-justin-fairfax-murder-wife-suicide.html

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How awful for their children.

[magicarpet]

1. That will leave a major bruise to the children's psyche.