Overview
- Fairfax County police say 41-year-old Stephanie Minter was fatally stabbed at a bus stop, and a local business tip led to the arrest of Abdul Jalloh.
- Jalloh has been charged with murder and with petit larceny for an unrelated incident earlier the same day, according to officials.
- DHS says ICE has lodged a detainer for Jalloh and publicly urged Virginia authorities not to release him without notifying the agency.
- ICE and DHS report Jalloh entered the U.S. in 2012, has more than 30 prior arrests, previously had a 2020 detainer, and is subject to a final order of removal to a country other than Sierra Leone.
- Fairfax County prosecutors have said earlier cases involving Jalloh struggled due to unavailable witnesses, as the killing fuels political criticism over local and state immigration-cooperation policies.