Top Dem Kills Wife, Then Himself – Harrowing Details Revealed

A man killed a woman before taking his own life in a suspected murder-suicide at a $1 million home in Annandale, Virginia, a property owned by former lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, according to reports early Thursday.

Officers with the Fairfax County Police Department were dispatched to the residence on Guinevere Drive shortly after midnight following a 911 call. The caller reported that he believed his father had stabbed his mother.

Property records reviewed by media outlets confirm that the home belongs to Fairfax, 47, and his wife, Cerina, 49. Authorities have not publicly identified the deceased, and a press conference was expected.

When officers arrived, they found a woman inside the home unconscious and bleeding. Authorities later determined she had been shot.

The couple’s son, whose age has not been disclosed, told officers he did not know where his father was.

Investigators later located the man elsewhere in the home with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.

“It is high profile in nature, it’s tragic in nature. Certainly a fall from grace for a relatively high profile family that seemingly had had a lot of things going in their favor,” said Kevin Davis.

“So tragic for the children to lose both parents, extra tragic for them to actually be in the home when it occurred. So yeah, there’s a lot going on.”

Police said the couple had been married for 20 years but were separated and still living together during ongoing divorce proceedings. Court records show Cerina filed for divorce in July of last year.

“This has been an ongoing domestic dispute surrounding what seems to be a complicated or messy divorce,” Davis said.

“I don’t think it’s a secret that there’s been a divorce proceedings that have been ongoing. From what I understand in this early stage, former Lieutenant Governor Fairfax was recently served some paperwork associated with an upcoming court proceeding that apparently led to this incident last night.”

Fairfax, a Democrat, served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022 and was once considered a rising political figure. In 2019, he faced allegations from two women accusing him of sexual assault in separate incidents dating back to the early 2000s. He denied the claims, calling them false and politically motivated. No criminal charges were filed, and he remained in office through the end of his term. He later ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2021.

According to prior reporting cited by the New York Post, police had responded to the home earlier this year after Fairfax accused his wife of assault. Investigators later concluded the claim was false after reviewing footage from cameras inside the residence. The reason for the installation of the cameras and the couple’s separation has not been publicly clarified.