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Simeon Saplan Lim

Case from Woodbridge, VA dated Apr 24, 2017

Victim Details

Simeon Saplan Lim

Male

Asian

Woodbridge

VA

2017-04-24

54

Simeon

Saplan Lim

07/22/2026

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In the late hours of a Monday evening in Woodbridge, Virginia, emergency services responded to a fire at an apartment building. Inside one of the units, amidst the smoke and flames, first responders made a grim discovery. They found the body of 54-year-old Simeon Saplan Lim.

The initial investigation into the blaze on April 24, 2017, soon revealed a tragic sequence of events. Authorities determined that Lim had intentionally set the fire within his own apartment. Further examination by th ...
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  • WJLA: Man starts fire inside apartment before fatally shooting himself in Va., police say
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