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Sandra Carrera

Case from Arlington, VA dated Jan 15, 1991

Victim Details

Sandra Carrera

December 12, 2022

Female

Unknown

Arlington

VA

1991-01-15

41

Sandra

Carrera

07/21/2026

1


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On the morning of Tuesday, January 15, 1991, Sandra Burt Carrera, a 41-year-old single mother, was found dead in her Arlington, Virginia, home. A family member, her 11-year-old son, made the discovery in their town house located in the 2500 block of South Walter Reed Drive. She had been fatally wounded by a single gunshot to the head.

The investigation into her death revealed that Carrera had last spoken to her younger sister by phone just an hour before she was killed. Her body lay in th ...
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  • S. ARLINGTON MOTHER FOUND SLAIN IN HOME
  • Cold case – Police seek clues in 1991 slaying of Arlington woman
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