Father Charged in Infant Death

Fairfax County Police Department
Public Information Office
4100 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Va. 22030
703-246-2253. TTY 703-204-2264. Fax 703-246-4253
FCPD-PIO@fairfaxcounty.gov
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police
News Release: 20100240026/BW/(6)
January 25, 2010

Father Charged in Infant Death

West Springfield Police District – On Sunday, January 24, Herbert Price, 29, of 9464 Abingdon Ct in Manassas turned himself into police and was charged with murder and child abuse.

Police originally responded to 9828 Spillway Court on September 22, 2009 for a report of an unresponsive child. Nine-month-old Dylan Price was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Initial indications from the scene and hospital did not indicate anything of a suspicious nature. The autopsy and additional testing resulted in the medical examiner ruling Dylan’s death to be a homicide.