Both were found dead at their northern Virginia home in Annandale after the couple’s teenage son called 911 shortly after midnight Thursday, said Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis.
Fairfax and his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, who ran a family dentistry practice, were going through a divorce, and Fairfax was served recently with paperwork that indicated when he was next to appear in court, Davis said.
“That may have been a spark,” the chief said. “Detectives will figure out if that led to this tragedy here.”
For a brief period in 2019, Fairfax had seemed poised to become Virginia governor as Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam became engulfed in a scandal over a racist photo on his medical school yearbook that led to calls for Northam’s resignation.
But then two women came forward, accusing Fairfax of sexually assaulting them years earlier. He adamantly denied the allegations.
