Anonymous wrote:What is the motive? Crazy + disliked their political views?

I would guess something like that, based on what we know about the suspect and the victims. I guess we will soon find out.

Anonymous wrote:What is the motive? Crazy + disliked their political views?

He had beef with them, probably because he felt the victims (or people related to the victims) wronged him in a custody case.

He was also very clearly mentally disturbed, as can be seen on his website http://www.mentaldisorder.com (yes, he created a website called "mental disorder")

What is the motive? Crazy + disliked their political views?

I guess I should have posted here instead.

Police Charge Severance in Three Homicide Cases

The Alexandria Police Department has charged Charles Severance in the homicides of Ruthanne Lodato, Ron Kirby, and Nancy Dunning. He has been indicted on the following charges related to the three investigations:
Nancy Dunning Case: First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony

Ron Kirby Case: Capital Murder, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

Ruthanne Lodato Case: Capital Murder, two counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Malicious Wounding
This has been a complex and time-consuming investigation that has spanned almost 11 years. The Alexandria Police Department would like to thank the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police, and area law enforcement agencies for their assistance.

To provide updated information on this investigation, a press conference is scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2014, at 3 p.m. It will be held at Alexandria Police Headquarters and will be open to credentialed media. No interviews are planned until the press conference. The news conference will be webcast live and archived at www.alexandriava.gov/Police .

Just received an e-mail that Charles Severance has finally been charged in all 3 murders. Press conference at 3pm. Here is the e-mail:


The Alexandria Police Department has charged Charles Severance in the homicides of Ruthanne Lodato, Ron Kirby, and Nancy Dunning. He has been indicted on the following charges related to the three investigations:

Nancy Dunning Case: First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony

Ron Kirby Case: Capital Murder, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

Ruthanne Lodato Case: Capital Murder, two counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Malicious Wounding

This has been a complex and time-consuming investigation that has spanned almost 11 years. The Alexandria Police Department would like to thank the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police, and area law enforcement agencies for their assistance.

To provide updated information on this investigation, a press conference is scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2014, at 3 p.m. It will be held at Alexandria Police Headquarters and will be open to credentialed media. No interviews are planned until the press conference. The news conference will be webcast live and archived at www.alexandriava.gov/Police .

FYI Severance is officially being extradited to VA. Still no charges based on the Alexandria shootings, and still remains just a "person of interest."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/w-va-judge-weighs-extradition-for-charles-severance-in-northern-virginia-case/2014/04/22/19840db4-ca46-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html?hpid=z2

Court denied state's motion to have Severance held without bond..his bond remains $100,000.

"Eugene Robert Giammittorio Sr., a retired Alexandria General District Court judge and Ruthanne Lodato’s brother...

Giammittorio said that he did not recognize Severance by name or by face, but he was particularly interested in a report about a gun-possession case that was said to involve Severance in the mid-1990s. Giammittorio said that at that time, he was one of two judges handling such cases. He said that after hearing the news Friday, he called a clerk who used to work for him and asked her to pull whatever information was available on the case — hoping to determine whether he was the judge — but that the clerk told him the court does not store files of that age."

-WaPo article

Bananas.