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Roy Rumsey

Case from Fairfax, VA dated Jul 27, 2016

Victim Details

Roy Eugene Rumsey

Male

Fairfax

VA

2016-07-27

58

Roy

Rumsey

07/16/2026

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In the quiet neighborhood of Fairfax, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on a hot summer day in July 2016, unraveling a tragic story of a father and his young daughter. Roy Eugene Rumsey, a 58-year-old man, was found deceased inside his burning home on Fairfax Hunt Road. Alongside him, authorities found the body of a female toddler, later identified as his two-year-old daughter, Kyra Franchetti.

Neighbors reported seeing flames erupting from the back of the house and the roof on the morn ...
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