Fauquier County

Tammy Thorpe was found dead on a gravel road in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1988. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the first “near normal” high school graduation in Northern Virginia.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the key clue left at the crime scene by the suspects in the murder of Charles Bopp III.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the new policy allowing students in Fauquier County schools to play outside without masks.

The 24-year-old son of a law enforcement official who recently retired was shot and killed Wednesday in Fauquier County, Virginia, officials say. One woman was arrested and the search for a man considered armed and dangerous is underway.  Charles Bopp III was found dead in the front yard of his home on Freemans Ford Road in Remington, the county...

Fauquier County School Board unanimously voted on Monday to expand its hybrid learning plan to four days of in-person learning.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey previews a plan in Fauquier County schools to grow in-person learning to four days a week.

A Virginia community set up a call center to help residents, especially senior citizens, navigate the sometimes tricky COVID-19 vaccination signup system. Local leaders heard the complaints about people unable to register online, so just over a week ago they opened the call center and have already fielded 1,400 calls — sometimes helping seniors register online, other times confirming they…

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on an “old school” effort to get COVID-19 vaccinations into the arms of senior citizens.

A 2-year-old girl died Saturday after she was hit by a car in rural Fauquier County, Virginia, and the driver fled.  The toddler, named Aubree-Ann, wandered out of her grandmother’s yard in Opal, outside Warrenton, her devastated mother, Kassandra, said Monday. She was too upset to speak on camera but said she and her daughter were visiting from Richmond....

A Maryland man is behind bars after a deadly hit-and-run in Fauquier County that killed a 2-year-old girl this weekend. News4’s Drew Wilder has more.

Three people are dead, including a shooter, and three people are seriously wounded after a 21-year-old man turned a gun on his family Wednesday in Manassas, Virginia, and then opened fire on a driver he encountered, officials say. Asa Ellington Mitchell of Manassas is suspected in the shooting, Prince William County police said. He was 21.  Eric Mark Mitchell, also…

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a family tragedy involving four people shot in their Manassas home.

The arrest of a 40-year-old Virginia man accused of traveling to California to kidnap a young girl last week is just the latest incident in a troubling trend. Some D.C.-area communities are reporting dramatic increases in online predator investigations this year. Records obtained by News4 show the spike is linked to the pandemic and could grow worse.  “Here in...

The arrest of a Virginia man accused of luring a 12-year-old girl from her home is the latest in a series of new cybercrime cases. The number of online predators under investigation in the D.C. area has almost doubled, according to records obtained by News4. Scott MacFarlane reports the cases are accelerating as kids remain home during the pandemic.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force wants to hear from anyone who may have had inappropriate contact with Nathan Daniel Larson, accused of kidnapping a California girl after grooming her. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A 40-year-old Virginia man faces kidnapping and abduction charges after grooming a 12-year-old California girl over the internet for weeks, then trying to fly her across the country, authorities say. The man charged, Nathan Daniel Larson of Catlett, Virginia, is a known white supremacist and advocate for pedophilia, authorities say. He is also accused of running a website with child…

A Northern Virginia man allegedly groomed, kidnapped and planned to have sex with the 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Darcy Spencer reports for News4.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey previews Fauquier County’s effort to be ready for in-person classes.

For the first time in eight months, about 7,000 students in Fauquier County will be heading back to school in person on Monday.