[2026-04-17] Police in Virginia confirm that former lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife Cerina and then himself in their home in a suspected murder-suicide. Court and media reports describe a troubled divorce involving disputes over their house, finances, and child care before the killings. The deaths have revived scrutiny of Fairfax’s earlier sexual assault allegations and his abrupt fall from US Democratic Party politics.
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