WASHINGTON – A woman was fatally stabbed in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, Virginia, early Monday morning, and her husband has been arrested in connection with her death.
The Fairfax County police say someone called them just before 5 a.m. to report that they’d heard screaming and saw a woman lying unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 8400 block of Diablo Court.
The woman, identified as 35-year-old Yesenia Membrano-Diaz, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shortly before noon, they said that they’d arrested Ricardo Molina-Martinez, who they said was the victim’s husband, whom they described as a suspect.
WTOP’s Sarah Beth Hensley, Victoria Rossi, Kathy Stewart contributed to this report.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that police changed the age of the victim.
