Crime & Safety
Police Look For Senior Home Murder Leads in Vietnamese Community
Fairfax County Police handed out fliers at the Eden Center to find leads in the April 20 murder of a 77-year-old man at a senior center.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Fairfax County Police are canvassing the Vietnamese community to find leads on a suspect in last week's murder in a senior center.
Cong Huu Nguyen, 77, was found dead in his apartment at the Little River Glen Senior Retirement Community in Fairfax Thursday, April 20. His death was ruled a homicide, and police are asking for the community's help in finding an unknown suspect.
ABC7 reported that officers handed out fliers Tuesday at the Eden Center, a Vietnamese shopping center in Falls Church. The fliers printed in both Vietnamese and English.
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.@fairfaxpolice hand out fliers at Eden Center in an effort to get information on unsolved murder of 77 year old Cong Nguyen. pic.twitter.com/SUlLqqUxbS
— Jeff Goldberg (@abc7jeffg) April 25, 2017
This is the flier @fairfaxpolice are handing out at Eden Center. It's in English & Vietnamese. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/BksuTUdqLi
— Jeff Goldberg (@abc7jeffg) April 25, 2017
“We have developed information that Mr. Nguyen frequented the Eden Center,” said Officer Megan Hawkins, according to WTOP. “So our officers … are out there handing out canvass fliers.”
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Anyone with information should call Detective J.D. Long of the Homicide Section at 703-246-7800 or 703-246-7810, submit a tip online through Crime Solvers, text “TIP187” plus your message to 274637 or call 1-866-411-TIPS(8477), or reach Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
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