VA VA- Rosa “Nerida” Garcia, 24, Found hanging inside her residence, Staged Suicide, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, 25 Aug. 2005

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Aug 25 2022

Can you help solve this Manassas cold case?

The Prince William County Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in solving a Manassas cold case that occurred 17 years ago.

www.wric.com

''PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Prince William County Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in solving a Manassas cold case that occurred 17 years ago.

On Aug. 25, 2005, 24-year-old Rosa “Nerida” Garcia was found hanging inside her residence in the 7900 block of Deward Court.

According to police, there was a suicide note left at the scene and it appeared as though she had taken her own life. However, an autopsy later determined the death to be a homicide.

Anyone with information on this cold case is encouraged to contact the Prince William County Police Department tipline at 703-792-7000 or submit a web tip online here.''

https://www.facebook.com/PWCPolice/photos/a.116046165111492/3147069098675835

 

[annemc2]

An older article from 2005 has some details, including some info from her boyfriend

Cruz said his girlfriend had moved from Honduras a month ago to be with him. The couple met in the Central American country nearly two years ago because she lived next to his mother. "She was going to start working as a hairstylist," he said. "She was quiet. She was caring."

"I'm scared, actually. I can't talk much. The police are asking lots of questions," he said. "It is still shocking. I can't go to sleep at night."

 

[dotr]

An older article from 2005 has some details, including some info from her boyfriend

Cruz said his girlfriend had moved from Honduras a month ago to be with him. The couple met in the Central American country nearly two years ago because she lived next to his mother. "She was going to start working as a hairstylist," he said. "She was quiet. She was caring."

"I'm scared, actually. I can't talk much. The police are asking lots of questions," he said. "It is still shocking. I can't go to sleep at night."

From link, thank you! rbbm.

"It's a strange one. . . . It's not a run-of-the-mill kind of case," Bogert said. "This is extremely rare. I can't think of the last time we had a staged suicide that might come out to be a homicide."

Bogert said investigators are waiting for an in-depth review of Garcia's injuries and are sifting through evidence, including two computers seized from her home in the 7900 block of Deward Court, where she lived with Cruz.''

''Cruz said he found Garcia hanging by a rope when he came home from work and called police. He said that police let him read the suicide note once and that he could not recall what was written.''


''William Whildin, a medical examiner with Virginia's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, said that, in general, staged hangings that turn out to be homicides can show telltale clues of strangulation: bruises around the neck and internal bruises.

"When you strangle someone, there's going to be some sort of fight, that's what you're looking for," he said. "How did he apply pressure and how did she fight back?"

''He said suicides that are later ruled homicides are rare but not unheard of.''

 

[meanmaryjean]

Hmmmm. Wonder if the BF had a previous relationship? And what LE found on the computers