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A man showed up at Herndon police headquarters Friday morning with a note saying he had killed his wife, police said, and when officers went to the couple's apartment, they found a woman's body stuffed inside a suitcase on the apartment balcony.
 
local digest: Local Digest (Post, December 12, 2009)
 
Judge rules that woman charged with death of teen daughter is mentally competent (Post, December 11, 2009; 4:16 PM)
 
Pakistan arrests 5 N.Va. men, probes possible jihadist ties (Post, December 10, 2009)
 
Rifle jammed during shooting: VA. PROFESSOR TARGETED
Suspect irked about poor grade, police say
(Post, December 10, 2009)
 
Student tries to shoot math teacher at Va. college: 20-year-old walked into class with rifle, firing at least twice; no one hit (Post, December 9, 2009)
 
Md. woman arrested after trying to cut out fetus of captive: Mother, child recovering (Post, December 8, 2009)
 
Man convicted of killing woman in Fairfax park: Case hit delays over questions of defendant's mental health (Post, December 8, 2009)
 
Va. targets funeral homes' standards: Complaints about handling of remains prompt proposed rules (Post, December 1, 2009)
 
Teen burglary ring in Manassas identified (Post, November 30, 2009; 4:29 PM)
 
3 men indicted in Md. man's death: Suspects in robbery and shooting in July have ties to MS-13 (Post, November 26, 2009)
 
Sketch of Alexandria robbery suspect released (Post, November 25, 2009; 2:04 PM)
 
A D.C. MYSTERY: In wake of woman's disappearance, her family sees a pattern of clues (Post, November 25, 2009)
 
A D.C. MYSTERY, PART 1: Woman vanishes, leaving a trail with no end (Post, November 24, 2009)
 
local digest: Local Digest (Post, November 21, 2009)
 
Va. woman dies after being run over by own car (Post, November 20, 2009; 10:43 AM)
 
Witness details police shooting: Victim's SUV slowly rolled away in Fairfax traffic stop, man says (Post, November 20, 2009)
 
Hunter charged in college student's death: Woman killed, man injured while working on project in Va. field (Post, November 20, 2009)
 
Sen. Lugar's wife charged with DUI, hit-and-run (Post, November 19, 2009; 5:18 PM)
 
Two men charged in Va. robberies (Post, November 19, 2009; 1:55 PM)
 
Man killed by Fairfax officer had no gun: Police aren't saying why suspect was shot after theft of flowers (Post, November 19, 2009)
 
No gun found on man shot and killed by Fairfax police officer (Post, November 18, 2009; 12:52 PM)
 
Fairfax police charge 3 in probe of gold thefts: Wave of burglaries may have hit 26 homes of local South Asians (Post, November 13, 2009)
 
local digest: Police identify couple; Stabbing investigated; Mims to join law firm; Plea in fraud case; Teen dies in shooting; Wheelchairs in cabs (Post, November 11, 2009)
 
Detecting glimpses of humanity in D.C. sniper (Post, November 10, 2009)
 
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