Saturday, December 15, 2012
Immigration officials put a detainer on the suspect linked to Vanessa Pham's murder
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday the man accused of murdering 19-year-old Vanessa Pham is in violation of immigration law. ICE placed a detainer on suspect Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia, 27, on Thursday, the day he was arrested and charged with Pham's 2010 murder. They released the following statement on Friday: "On Dec. 13, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, which consists of U.S. Marshals deputies and inspectors, Fairfax County Police detectives and sheriff's deputies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, DC Fugitive Operations Unit officers arrested Julio Blanco-Garcia, a citizen and national of Guatemala, in Vienna, Va. on a homicide …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Blanco-Garcia has been charged with three minor crimes since 2010.
UPDATE (8:23 p.m. Friday): Blanco-Garcia is in the country illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE placed a detainer on the murder suspect, allowing the ICE to take custody of Blanco-Garcia if he is released by local law enforcement. ---- ORIGINAL (11:30 a.m. Friday): The Falls Church man arrested in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Vanessa Pham will face second degree murder charges, according to court records posted after an arraignment Friday morning. Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia, 27, was arrested and charged last night with Pham's murder. Fairfax County Police and U.S. Marshalls took Blanco-Garcia into custody Thursday at the Vienna construction site where he worked. Acting Chief Lt. Col. James A. …
Fairfax County Police arrested a suspect Thursday but aren't ready to disclose more details.
For two and a half years, family and friends of Vanessa Pham have waited for an answer as to why the 19-year-old artist and aspiring fashion designer was found dead in her car in a ditch off Route 50 — the trauma to her upper body not consistent with the injuries she would have suffered in a car crash. On Thursday, they got the first break they've had since her death in June 2010, as Fairfax County Police announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with her murder. But the answers aren't coming quite yet. Acting Chief Lt. Col. James A. Morris told media gathered at police headquarters Thursday new forensic evidence led to the arrest of Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia, 27, who police apprehended at a construction site at the intersection of …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
New forensic evidence leads to break in Vanessa Pham case.
Fairfax County Police told media Thursday night the arrest in Vanessa Pham's murder was a result of new forensic evidence discovered within the last week. Acting Chief Lt. Col. James A. Morris was unwilling to talk about nature of the evidence or what may have happened to Pham on the day she was killed, saying that the case is still too new to comment. Click the video above to watch Morris' statement at the Fairfax County Police Department headquarters in Fairfax City. Related stories: UPDATE: Forensic Evidence Leads to Arrest in Vanessa Pham Murder Police Still Looking for Suspect in Pham Murder Case Strange Incident at Fairfax Plaza Connected to Pham Murder? Asian-American Community Discusses Rising Crime, Pham Case A Year After Pham's …
Fairfax County Police arrest Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia, 27, in 2010 murder of Madison High student.
UPDATE (8:36 p.m.) Acting Chief Lt. Col. James A. Morris said tonight that today's arrest in the Vanessa Pham murder case was a result of forensic evidence discovered within the last week. He refused to clarify the nature of the evidence or what may have happened to Pham on the day she was killed, saying that the case it still too new to comment. Media gathered at 8 p.m. at the Massey Building in Fairfax City to hear details about the arrest. Fairfax County Police and U.S. Marshals arrested Blanco-Garcia without incident at a Vienna construction site where he worked. The arrest came after police discovered forensic evidence linking Blanco-Garcia to Pham's murder. Morris praised the detectives who spent years on this case and the community…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
A total reward of $21,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case.
It’s been two years since Vanessa Pham was found dead inside a two-door car near Arlington Boulevard and Williams Drive on June 27, 2010. The 19 year old had injuries to her upper body inconsistent with the car crash she was in. An investigation revealed that Pham, of Falls Church, was not injured or in distress when she was at a business in the Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center around 3 p.m. Police found Pham dead at 3:34 p.m. Crime Solvers are offering a $1,000 reward and in addition, a private cash reward of $20,000 is also being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, "Video surveillance shows Pham’s car in the Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center. The images were captured a …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Woman flees from car after unknown man climbs into passenger seat.
Police are investigating a strange incident at Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center that sounds all-too similar to an unsolved murder case from June 2010. A 33-year-old woman left Unique Thrift at around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 27. She walked to her car in the shopping center parking lot. As she unlocked the car and got in, an unknown man jumped into the passenger's seat. The victim screamed and fled, but returned shortly after to retrieve her purse from the driver's seat. When she got back to her car the suspect was standing beside the driver's side. He then walked off towards Unique Thrift, according to Fairfax County Police. Nothing was taken. Nobody was injured. But that wasn't the case over a year ago. In June 2010, 19-year-old Vanessa Pham …
Monday, August 8, 2011
More than a year after Vanessa Pham's murder, group hosts event to discuss issues facing Virginia's Asian American population
As Fairfax County Police continue to search for clues that could help them solve 19-year-old Vanessa Pham's murder, an area Vietnamese American organization is trying to raise awareness about the case to encourage those who may know what happened to step forward. On Saturday, police and the Vietnamese American population gathered for the first-ever Asian American Advocacy and Resource Day, which brought some of the top leaders in Virginia’s Asian American community to the Fairfax Government Center to promote crime prevention and unity amongst Fairfax County’s largest minority population. The event was hosted by the Voice of Vietnamese Americans, a Virginia-based non profit organization that aims to empower Vietnamese Americans by promoting…
Monday, June 27, 2011
Private donor offers $20,000 reward; friends plan Celebrate Arts week
It's been one year since 19-year-old Vanessa Pham was found dead in her car off Arlington Boulevard, and Police are still seeking information that could help solve her mysterious murder. Video surveillance released by Police this winter shows Pham – a Madison High School alumna who had just finished her first year at the Savannah College of Art and Design – visiting a business in the Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center off Gallows Road around 3 p.m. on June 27, 2010. It shows her leaving the shopping center in a 2008 Toyota. Thirty minutes later, Police responded to a report of a crash near Arlington Boulevard and Williams Drive. They found Pham, a Falls Church resident,dead inside her white two-door car, with trauma to her upper body that was …
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friends remember Vanessa Pham six months to the day after tragedy.
About six months ago, Vanessa Pham and her friends – former classmates at James Madison High School – spent a joyful day at the Vienna Town Green, a place they went often to hang out. They picnicked on the park's stage and took fun photos of each other. "It was a beautiful day with a beautiful girl," recalled friend Sarah Cole. Just days later, that beautiful girl lost her life in a tragic, unsolved murder. Pham, 19 and home from her first year at the Savannah College of Art and Design, was found, stabbed, in her car in a ditch off Route 50 near Williams Drive. Her death continues to be investigated. Over the next months, family and friends struggled to comprehend her loss as they raised funds to pay for a funeral and remember Pham in a …
keith mahone
6:34 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Yes, a few people will be killed here and there. But think of all the profits to be made when you, as a purchaser (not a seller) of labor, no longer have to negotiate with your own countrymen and women and pay the going rate, according to the laws of supply and demand - as informed by working national borders. Vannessa, you were sacrificed on the altar of higher profits by people who are … more ›