Torres, illegal alien from El Salvador |
"Virginia police believe a road rage incident led to the death of the 17-year-old Muslim girl whose body was found near a mosque [article later says killer dumped her in a pond], officials said in a press conference Monday evening.
The body found in a Virginia pond Sunday has been identified as
17-year-old Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Virginia, officials confirmed
Monday. Hassanen went missing earlier in the day Sunday after she and
her friends left a mosque, according to police. Fairfax County police confirmed Monday that they are not investigating the case as a hate crime.
"Based on the information our detectives have at this point, there is no
indication that this was a hate-bias motivated-related crime," police
said. "If that changes as the investigation progresses, we would
certainly pursue that aspect."
Julie Parker, director of media relations for Fairfax County police, said in Monday's press conference that the incident started early Sunday around 3:40 a.m. local time when a group of about 15 teens were walking in Fairfax County to get some food after participating at an overnight event at the ADAMS center (All Dulles Area Muslim Society). Parker said detectives believe the suspect drove up to the teens when a male teen on a bike started arguing with him.
Julie Parker, director of media relations for Fairfax County police, said in Monday's press conference that the incident started early Sunday around 3:40 a.m. local time when a group of about 15 teens were walking in Fairfax County to get some food after participating at an overnight event at the ADAMS center (All Dulles Area Muslim Society). Parker said detectives believe the suspect drove up to the teens when a male teen on a bike started arguing with him.
The suspect, who has been identified as Darwin Martinez Torres, then
drove up on a curb and the group of teens ran, said Parker. She added
that detectives believe Torres became enraged from the argument when he
got out of his car and began chasing the group with a bat. He caught
Hassanen and hit her with the bat before taking her in his car to a
second unidentified location in Loudon County, said Parker.
Hassanen, whose body was found in a pond around 3 p.m. Sunday in
Sterling, Virginia, died from blunt force trauma to the upper body,
Parker said.
Fairfax County police arrested Torres, 22, of Sterling around 5:15 a.m.
and charged him with murder in connection with the case. Torres was
arraigned Monday morning and held without bail, according to an official
at the Fairfax County courthouse. It is unclear if he entered a plea
and it was not immediately made clear whether he had obtained an
attorney.
Nabra Hassanen, 17, dead |
Police said they looked into whether the killing was a hate crime,
but said they found no indication “that this was a bias incident.”
Officials do believe Torres acted alone, and are not looking to arrest
any other suspects.
The ADAMS center in Sterling, where the teens are believed to have been
attending an overnight event, released a statement in regards to
Hassanen's death.
“We are devastated and heartbroken as our community undergoes and
processes this traumatic event,” the center said in a statement."...
The investigation of the case is ongoing and said the case may be
prosecuted in Loudon County instead of Fairfax County because of
elements of the crime and where they occurred."...
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