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Virginia Police Identify Suspect in Woodbridge Family Murder-Suicide

Police report autopsies confirmed knife-related deaths, with motive unknown in the ongoing probe.

Overview

  • Police identified 35-year-old Ziyi Lu as the suspected attacker who died by suicide after the killings of her husband, 2-year-old son and mother-in-law.
  • The victims were named as Danxiong Gao, 40, and his mother, Kegang Xie, 69; the child’s name is being withheld because of age.
  • Officers responded around 8 a.m. Saturday to the 3400 block of Vale Court after Lu’s father-in-law discovered the bodies and called 911.
  • Autopsies determined all four died from knife-related injuries, and investigators recovered a suspected weapon from the home.
  • Police Chief Peter Newsham called the scene “the worst possible nightmare” and said the motive remains unknown.