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2 people found dead in Burke home; Fairfax County police investigating homicide

By FOX 5 Digital Team
Updated  August 20, 2021 5:57pm EDT
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Double homicide in Burke under investigation

Fairfax County police are investigating a double homicide in Burke on Friday. Police have not identified the victims.

BURKE, Va. - Fairfax County police are investigating a double homicide after two people were found dead at a home in a Burke neighborhood on Friday morning.

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Police have not indicated how the people were killed, nor have they been identified.

Investigators only said that the pair appeared to have been dead for some time, and that they'd responded to the home for previous reports of problems.

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Police Chief Kevin Davis was among the officers who responded to the scene in the 6000 block of Eagle Point Landing Road.

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They do not believe the crime was random.