{"id":43774,"date":"2026-04-16T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/former-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-kills-wife-then-himself-police-say-virginia-mercury\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:31:15","slug":"former-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-kills-wife-then-himself-police-say-virginia-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/former-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-kills-wife-then-himself-police-say-virginia-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, then himself, police say &#8211; Virginia Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOUXZja3ZlZXpya2V3eE5CMkRTR3lhUUdrTFlRNWZwUzBjVy1hdUVxTHZrWWtyWGVnaWdJak1NOFozbno3VUIyLXVjTzBaUFNlaVpiSk9aZTU1WXJnV3ptLWV0MVFPeGRaWnVRbXdzM0J1bnhtRGFBbW9HYnAwT0lieFdibEtLeUtuRno4LUZmZWc0elRGX2JGeklBYmtxTEtENmV3WHpNSFRDOVV3QW1SaE1R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, then himself, police say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Virginia Mercury<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5Ydmk2dkVrc1M5MFkwYlFHNGRaQzJPZFZVSDJyREl6ZndwQkhUTFduWXBoNTNraldfR1dVN2gyOW5qUnhMM09vMFEzR0NBNjlrMGNUb2lLai0xT0JZa0Z5ZVJSbWZHMHYwVEVxa0VqNnBkNHlFeHljdExXQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and then himself, police say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOYjl6ZzZNZnowblpjZy1BeUV0NmxnYlF1NG1SQ2RwMHJwcW9FUzczZldqa1M5Sm14MGRzVUNxYzlCOTl3ZHlBZWxjUUg0c2F2aV81ak1FX0lfTWIxRWZUT0J1SHQ0RlBXNWxpNXpmazZSb0lvelNuM1ZhQ3pucURzaXRZVzAyY2p4dzZIc3pLZG51cjBiUmRvS2tpb2VPX2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fairfax, ex-lieutenant governor of Virginia, kills wife and himself<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPbWF4WTJRbE5zTHlOLTNuQUEza2F2cnRJVVhsV2R0TDVIZTVmOEd5QXlCU0k2bVhsM1ZJdTU0aHR2OWpGeHJVdEJBdy12VjJ0THViczYtYmVEYVFRWXg5ckE0RVJOazdOQWFZMmNyQk40eWMzNG1kbHRXTjhhSTNOQUdzU1IxV1NoQVc3UV9XRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Court documents reveal mounting tension in Fairfax marriage before murder-suicide<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNcFd5eFdmSWNCTEVPcUUxYkJlNmZ5ZGZZR2ZzM2YtbWtQdDB5aVdYcEtUNmhtMEVKVk9qb3RsaklKUlJYU3UyTndjamI5aFpYLTgyb1VIS2o3UlB5TzlQRm1qelVCMmIyOWVYV1dUV2RfOXNEYXlEbU9BY3N0QW0zZmU2MUxmcVJMSzE4RzlYd1dpa2sxZ2dWRFloRjNvejdnbThHRlpsTlBnUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fairfax was once a rising Democratic star before scandal sank his career<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, then himself, police say&nbsp;&nbsp;Virginia Mercury Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and then himself,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/former-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-kills-wife-then-himself-police-say-virginia-mercury\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}