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News Release: 10/178/1557/drg(4)
December 27, 2010
Bench Dedication for Murder Victim
Vienna, Virginia, Friends and family will gather at the Vienna Town Green, 144 Maple Avenue E, to dedicate a bench in honor of Vanessa Pham. The ceremony will take place today at 11 a.m. and it marks the six-month anniversary of Vanessa’s murder. Fairfax County homicide detectives continue their investigation. They ask the public to view the video taken of her car in the Fairfax Plaza shopping center on Sunday, June 27. If you have any information that might assist detectives in identifying Vanessa’s killer, please contact the Fairfax County Police department using the information at the bottom of this release.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/2010/video/vanessa_pham_video.avi.
Video Released in Vanessa Pham Homicide
Mason Police District – Detectives have released a video of Vanessa Pham’s car in the Fairfax Plaza shopping center from a short time before police responded to the crash on Arlington Boulevard on Sunday, June 27. Police are asking the public to pay particular attention to the portion of the video when Pham’s car is attempting to exit the parking lot. There are several vehicles behind her car and others on Gallows Road attempting to enter the parking lot. Anyone who recalls being in close proximity to or seeing her car in and around the Fairfax Plaza shopping center parking lot is asked to call the Fairfax County Police Department using the contact information at the bottom of this release.
UPDATE
Mason Police District – Detectives have determined that Vanessa Pham visited a business in the Fairfax Plaza shopping center in the 2900 block of Gallows Road around 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 27. She did not appear to be in distress at that time.
On Friday, July 2, members of the Fairfax County Police Department’s Search and Rescue Team conducted an extensive search of the crash site and surrounding area. They were looking for any potential evidence related to this homicide.
Police continue to ask for the public’s assistance in providing any information that may lead to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
Death Investigated as Homicide
Mason Police District – On Monday, June 28, police identified the victim as Vanessa V. Pham, 19, of 6700 James Lee Street, #138 in the Falls Church area. With the autopsy complete, police are now investigating this case as a homicide.
Police Investigate Suspicious Death
Mason Police District – On Sunday, June 27, around 3:34 p.m., police responded to the area of Arlington Boulevard and Williams Drive for report of a vehicle crash. Responding officers discovered a 2008 2-door Toyota in a ditch off the south side of Arlington Boulevard. Inside the vehicle was a deceased 19 year-old female. The victim appeared to have trauma to the upper body which was not consistent with the mechanism of the crash. Detectives are now investigating this as a suspicious death.
The investigation continues.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
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