While Erica Maynor’s family comes to grips with her death a clearer picture of the victim is emerging.

Virginia’s Medical Examiner’s office on Saturday confirmed the body found inside a burning dumpster in Woodbridge’s Bayvue neighborhood March 23 was that of 25-year-old Erica Dawn Maynor.


The Potomac Nationals staked starter Trevor Holder to a one-run lead in the second inning.  Steven Souza – the Carolina League’s leading slugger – led off the frame with a bunt single. With one out, Sandy Leon singled to move Souza to third; he would score on a Jose Lozada groundout.  Chris Curran then singled, but was removed from the game when he injured himself running to first.  The newest National J.R. Higley pinch ran for Curran, and would play a major role in the game.

Spotty defense gave the lead back to Salem in the third. With two outs and Zach Gentile – who roped three hits on the evening – on first base, Kolbrin Vitek hit a liner to left.  J.P. Ramirez decided to dive late, the ball skipped past him to the wall, and Gentile scored all the way from first.  Reynaldo Rodriguez then hit a hot shot to third off the glove of Stephen King to score Vitek and give the Sox their first lead. Dan Butler then roped the first of his three doubles on the night to bring Rodriguez home and compound the Nats’ defensive miscues.


Dumfries, Va. –– One woman is behind bars today after she stabbed a man repeatedly with a screwdriver, police say.

Officers were called at 2:25 a.m. Thursday to the 17400 block of Denali Place in Dumfries for a report of a domestic dispute.


If you’re standing up on a VRE train, you’d better be ready to get off the train.

VRE CEO Dale Zehner stated in an email to riders on Friday riders should only stand, or queue, as trains are pulling into stations. If riders are standing, it must mean they want to get off the train, or detrain, stated Zehner.


You won’t be charged to get into a National Park this weekend, and free admission is what park officials hope will draw more residents into the parks.

All week, visitors to all 394 National Parks in the U.S. have waived their entrance fees, including Prince William Forest and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania parks, as part of National Park Week 2011.


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