This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington Field Office announced that it is offering an up to $10,000 reward for information that helps solve the decades-old unsolved murders of Sherry Ann Culp and her unborn child, Kelsey.
According to the FBI, Culp was 36 years old and “8 1/2 months pregnant with Kelsey,” when she was fatally shot at point-blank range while entering her teal Honda Civic in Springfield, Va. This Monday is the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
Culp was already the mother of two young girls at the time of her death, said the FBI. After she was shot, Culp was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital where doctors successfully delivered Kelsey. However, the baby only survived for two days.
Authorities said that Culp had just finished her work day and her car was parked along Dynatech Court near Cameron Brown Court and Fullerton Road in the Newington area of Springfield in Fairfax County. A report in the Washington Post said she was shot while sitting in her car.
According to the 1998 report, Culp worked in the accounting department of DesignTech International and lived with her boyfriend in the 100 block of Cabin Court in Stafford. Her two daughters were from a previous marriage.
Police believed that she may have known her killer.
Several witnesses reported seeing a man in a dark jumpsuit with a hood running on the sidewalk near the murder scene. Witnesses in the area also heard gunshots and a maroon pickup truck was seen parked in the vicinity.
“Twenty-five years have passed since Sherry and Kelsey’s senseless murders, but the FBI and our law enforcement partners continue to search for the perpetrator who tragically ended their lives,” said Wayne A.
Jacobs, special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division. “We will pursue justice for Sherry and her daughters, no matter how long it takes.”
Along with the FBI, the Fairfax County Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia are partners in solving the case.
Jacobs asked that anyone with information call 1-800-CALL FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. People with potential tips can also contact the Fairfax County Police Department at 703-246-7800. Anonymous tips can be submitted at fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or tips.fbi.gov.
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