Overview
- A jogger found 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch unconscious beside her 2011 Honda Civic at the Difficult Run parking area in Great Falls on Monday and Fairfax County police later classified the incident as a fatal stabbing.
- Fairfax County detectives arrested 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos on Wednesday in connection with Puch’s death and said more information would be released by police later in the day.
- Investigators have the victim’s body with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy while detectives canvass the area for surveillance footage and ask the public to submit tips to 1-866-411-TIPS or the P3 Tips app.
- Some outlets report, citing a federal source, that the suspect was previously apprehended at the U.S. southern border in April 2024 and released; Fairfax County investigators have not independently confirmed that claim.
- The killing has shaken residents of the normally low-crime Great Falls area, raised community concerns for trail safety, and prompted scrutiny in some coverage of the suspect’s reported immigration history and of local criminal-justice practices.