Crime & Safety
FBI, Police Search Water for Evidence in Connection with Three Alexandria Homicides
Officials search bodies of water near the homes of Charles Severance in Ashburn, and his parents' home in Oakton.
Investigators from the FBI and the Alexandria Police Department have been searching two bodies of water this week in locations with connections to Charles Severance, a man being held on a weapons charge in West Virginia, according to the FBI.
Severance is awaiting an extradition hearing scheduled for later this month; police investigating three high-profile homicides in Alexandria want to talk to Severance.
The three homicides that Alexandria police say could be connected are that of Ruthanne Lodato, Ron Kirby and Nancy Dunning. Music teacher Ruthanne Lodato died Feb. 6 after she was shot by an intruder who knocked on her door. Ron Kirby died in November after he was shot at his home in Rosemont; Dunning died in 2003 after she was shot in her home in Del Ray.
The pond and creek searched by police are located outside of the Alexandria area, an FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday.
One location is a pond in Oakton near the home of Charles Severance's parents.
The other body of water searched by investigators is near Severance's home in Ashburn.
"We were out there searching a pond as part of our assistance to Alexandria," said Jacqueline Maguire, public information officer for the FBI.
Severance is being held at the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville, W. Va., on $100,000 bond. His attorney asked for the hearing to be pushed to April 24; it's scheduled for April 23.
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- Ruthanne Lodato Homicide: Alexandria Police Chief, Mayor Attempt to Reassure Community
- Alexandria Police Release Sketch of Suspected Shooter in Lodato Murder
- Police Restrict Access to Streets Around Shooting
- Ruthanne Lodato Funeral: Hundreds Gather to Say Goodbye
- Police to Hold News Conference on Lodato Homicide Investigation
- VIDEO: Alexandria Police Chief Doesn't Rule Out Serial Killer
- What Ties Lodato Homicide to Other Victims?
- Prosecutor: Man Wanted for Questioning in Alexandria Slayings 'A Danger'; 2 Guns Missing
- Public Defender Says Charles Severance Being Held on 'Sham' Charges
- Gov. McAuliffe Signs Extradition Order for 'Person of Interest' in Alexandria Killings
- Prosecutor: Charles Severance Served With Extradition Warrant
- Charles Severance's Attorney Asks to Delay Extradition Hearing to April 24
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