Reston woman found dead in apartment after fire

A tragic alleged murder-suicide is under investigation of a Reston married couple. A woman was found dead last Monday from a fire in her apartment while her husband was found dead in an apparent suicide in Texas on Tuesday.

Maggie Fazeli Fard and James Arkin of the Washington Post wrote the following -

The woman, identified as Jennifer Lynne Pearson, 38, was found early Monday inside a locked second-floor unit by firefighters responding to a call to the 12000 block of Waterside View Drive. According to authorities, Pearson had trauma to the upper body that may have been knife wounds and gunshots. She was pregnant at the time of her death, authorities said.

WOAItv.com (San Antonio, Texas) reported that Pearson's husband, 31-year-old Timothy conner, shot himself in his mother's driveway in Bandera, Texas. Police authorities were in touch with each other in Virginia and Texas for a lookout of Conner's vehicle.

More on this story from the Washington Post about the couple can be found in the article below.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/husband-of-slain-reston-woman-found-...

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