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Article: Unidentified Woman Is Found Dead in Falls Church Park
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- The Washington Post
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- March 23, 1995
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An unidentified woman was found dead yesterday in a Falls Church
park, barely 100 yards from City Hall and the police station, in what
authorities said was an apparent slaying.
The victim, described as white and 24 to 30 years old, was found
by a woman walking her dog about 7:25 a.m. in Cherry Hill Park,
police said. The fully clothed body was behind a large holly tree
that shielded it from nearby Park Avenue.
In a city of 9,700 where homicides and other serious crimes are
rare, the discovery provoked a sense of shock and mystery.
"It's pretty unusual to have any serious crime here," city
spokeswoman Barbara Gordon said. "People were talking in the
hallways. They didn't take down the police ...