Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor's Legal Fees will cost Henrico Taxpayers over $250,000

 HENRICO COUNTY FOIA OFFICER "HENRICO CITIZENS WILL PAY OVER $250,000 TO DEFEND SHANNON TAYLOR'S UNETHICAL MISCONDUCT"

Henrico County FOIA Officer Stephen Robinson has stated that the legal fees to defend Shannon Taylor, Michael Feinmel, and two previous Commonwealth Attorneys in two complaints filed with the Henrico County Circuit Court have exceeded $250,000. in less than two years and expects it to reach $400,000. 

The two ethics complaints are still in the Court of Appeals of Virginia (CAV) and have not been set for oral arguments. The legal fees could cost Henrico County citizens $400,000 by the time the CAV issues its legal opinions in the two pending cases.

Overwhelmed by Taylor and Feinmel's legal expenses, Henrico FOIA Officer Stephen Robinson stated in an email that "it is not practically possible to provide the requested records within the five-day work period due to the volume of records" and needed additional seven (7) days to complete the FOIA request.

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Michael Feinmel requested that the Henrico Circuit Court grant an order to the Henrico County Treasurer to pay the legal expenses in the two (2) cases filed against them.

The two ethics complaints filed against Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel state that they conspired with other attorneys who violated the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct, Judicial Canons of Virginia, and Virginia Codes. 

Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel are accused of accepting financial and political bribes to keep a 600-kilo cocaine fugitive distributor in exile and to prevent him from being extradited for 13 felony cocaine distribution indictments. 

Henrico Circuit Court documents in Case Nos. CL22-2250 and CL21-6572 state that Shannon Taylor, Michael Feinmel, Judge Lee Harris, and Henrico Clerk Heidi Barshinger conspired to destroy evidence in the fugitive's case. 

Part 3. Hirschler law firm risks losing license in Virginia

 Hirschler Law Firm Habitual Violations in the Courts

Hirschler law firm has a long history of violating the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC). Hirschler appears to be addicted to violating one of the most unethical violation Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interests:

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest.     

     A. concurrent conflict of interest exists if:

    (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or

    (2) there is a significant risk that the representation of one or more clients will be materially limited by the lawyer’s responsibilities to another client, a former client, or a third person or by a personal interest of the lawyer.

Hirschler is under investigation from a complaint filed in the City of Richmond Circuit Court for habitually violating Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest. The Complaint (CL23002875) was filed on June 14, 2023, under Va. Code 54.1-3937 Procedure for revocation of certificate of registration of professional law corporations or professional limited liability companies.

On June 23, 2023, motions filed in three separate cases (CL23002736, CL23002496, & CL23002620) in the Henrico Circuit Court to disqualify Hirschler from representing clients which Hirschler is named as Defendants. Hirschler conspired with its clients to to financially exploit a client who owned 20% of a Henrico land partnership by filing a frivolous Partition suit to force a sale of 52 acres of prime industrial real estate located at Monahan Road valued at over $6,000,000. https://henricocountycorruption.blogspot.com/2023/04/part-2-hirschler-law-firm-intentionally.html

Hirschler and their clients were forced to Non-Suit their fraudulent law suit (CL22004708) after Petitions were filed in the Henrico Court exposing the $6,000,000 fraud by Hirschler and their clients. As a result of the Petitions filed, three more cases were filed against Hirschler and their clients who attempted to foreclose on a property that was not in default or in foreclosure. The property owner is a foreign resident and was never served with court documents, yet Hirschler and their clients attempted to steal the valuable property from the foreign resident.

In the three cases before the Henrico Circuit Court, Hirschler, named as a co-Defendant with their clients, unethically has put themselves and their clients in a situation where testimony or pleadings would be detrimental to the clients as the filings allege Virginia and Federal code violations which are felonies and punishable by sentencing to prison or jail.

A complaint was filed with the FBI which is currently investigating the attempted $6,000,000 financial exploitation of an elderly person and tax fraud by Hirschler and their clients.

Virginia State Bar records indicate that Hirschler has been reprimanded several times for violating Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest and is considered a habitual violator. 

Part 2. Hirschler law firm intentionally committed fraud by filing a Partition suit in a $6,000,000 property scam

 Hirschler Law firm Conspired to Commit Fraud and Financial Exploitation of their Client

April 15, 2023. Author- Brace Impact

     Henrico Circuit Court records show that the Hirschler law firm conspired to financially exploit a client who owned 20% of a Henrico land partnership by filing a frivolous Partition suit to force a sale of 52 acres of prime industrial real estate located at Monahan Road valued at over $6,000,000.

   Hirschler partner Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd filed the Partition case (CL22004708) on July 29, 2022, conspiring with ENOSIS partners to have the Circuit Court order the sale of the 52 acres to Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners without the knowledge or permission of a partner who owns 20%. 

See: Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners website

   The 20% partner is Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos, who resides in Athens, Greece. The Partition Suit states that the ENOSIS partners are closely related and live in Richmond, Virginia, except for the Drizos partners, who reside in Athens, Greece.

  Hirschler and ENOSIS partners recognized the address of the Drizos partners in Greece yet intentionally schemed to have a defective service process on them and then obtained a default judgment allowing the forced sale of the property. Additionally, Hirschler conspired to have the Drizos 20% share distributed amongst the remaining ENOSIS partners without the Drizos' knowledge.

  Diamiantis Drizos passed away on August 4, 2022, and his wife, Georgia Drizos, inherited his share. Despite the ENOSIS partners and Hirschler recognizing the death of Diamiantis Drizos, they intentionally avoided informing the Henrico Circuit Court and amended their Partition Suit. 

  The Hirschler fraud and exploitation scheme unravelled when a 10% share owner became aware of the Partition Suit and filed pleadings to impose injunctions and intervene by standing. Court records indicate that the 10% share owner is listed as the Nickolas G. Spanos Trust. The sole beneficiary, Nickolas G. Spanos, filed the Petition to Intervene and Injunction. 

  The Spanos pleadings were filed on August 26, 2022, and served on the ENOSIS partners. The pleadings gave evidence of IRS tax fraud and the financial exploitation of the Drizos, who suffer from dementia and health complications. 

  Spanos filed a subpoena duces tecum for Ryan Lingerfelt of Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners to produce the sales contract and feasibility studies that were being withheld from him and the Drizos. Lingerfelt attorneys filed a motion to quash the subpoena duces tecum on September 7, 2022. The motion to quash had not been heard as Hirschler withdrew the Partition suit.

  Hirschler and the ENOSIS partners did not respond to the Petition to Intervene, and Injunction, which forced Hirschler to file a Non-Suit on November 15, 2022, and the Henrico Circuit Court ordered the Partition Suit to be dismissed on December 22, 2022.

  The Injunction pleading stated that the Drizos must be correctly served according to Virginia Code and the Hague Service Convention, which require foreign residents to be served according to specific regulations. Residents of Greece must be served after the court pleadings are translated into Greek and served by the prosecutor of the municipality where the foreign residents reside.

  Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners terminated the ENOSIS sales contract in March 2023 because the Monahan property was encumbered with IRS tax liens and the unethical and illegal fraud committed on Drizos. 

  In a previous article, complaints were filed with the FBI against Hirschler attorneys Franklin R. Cragle, III, Partner, and Alexander P. M. Boyd, Associate, who are under investigation by the FBI for:

U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and Swindles

U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire

U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications

U.S. Code § 21002 - Civil Financial Exploitation

See:

Part 1. Hirschler Attorneys are Subject of FBI Investigations for Fraud and Exploitation in $6,000,000. Property

  The Hirschler law firm had been representing all the owners of a Henrico land partnership called "ENOSIS" since 1998 upon the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) initiated a condemnation take of 21 acres for the construction of I-895 in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. In 2000, VDOT settled with ENOSIS and paid the partners for taking 21 acres; the Hirschler law firm handled the payment distribution.

  By filing the Partition Suit, Hirschler law firm violated numerous rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC), the first and foremost being Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest, which prohibits the representation of clients in cases in which they are opposing parties.

Part 1. Hirschler Attorneys are Subject of FBI Investigations for Fraud and Exploitation in $6,000,000. Property

 Hirschler Law Firm Under Investigation for Federal Code Violations of Fraud and Exploitation of an Elderly and Disabled Person

March 28, 2023. Author-Brace Impact

Criminal complaints filed with the FBI have sparked investigations into the Hirschler law firm in Richmond, Virginia, for numerous federal code violations in an attempt to financially exploit an elderly and disabled person who owns 20% of a $6,000,000 property.

Hirschler attorneys Franklin R. Cragle, III, Partner,  and Alexander P. M. Boyd, Associate, are under investigation by the FBI for:

U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and swindles

U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire

U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications

U.S. Code § 21002 - Civil Financial Exploitation 

The criminal complaint filed with the FBI alleges that Hirschler attorneys assisted their clients in committing fraud and financial exploitation of their real estate partner in a Henrico County land partnership consisting of 52 acres of planned industrial land worth over $6,000,000.

The victim is listed as Georgia Drizos, 84, a resident of Greece. Georgia Drizos and her recently deceased husband, Diamiantis Drizos, owned a 20% share of 52 acres close to the RVA Airport, planned for light industrial by Henrico County.

 

The Drizos own the property with other family members who purchased the property in 1998 for $4000 per acre; the property had been zoned for agricultural use. As a result, the property significantly increased in value to approximately $135,000 per acre as development rocketed in Henrico County and was upgraded to light industrial by the Henrico County Planning Commission.

The criminal complaint states that the partners entered into a contract with Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners in March 2022 for an undisclosed amount. The partners should have informed Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos of the contract agreement. In addition, the Drizos did not sign the real estate contract, and none of the partners had a power of attorney for Drizos.

Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners conducted feasibility studies on the property and notified the partners that they would proceed with a sale. However, instead of informing the Drizos of the pending contract of sale, the partners retained Hirschler law firm to file a Complaint for  Partition of Allotment (Partition case) to have the Henrico County Circuit Court approve the sale of the 52 acres. 

Hirschler partner Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd filed the Partition case (CL22004708) on July 29, 2022, naming Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos, the U.S. Attorney for Virginia, and the U.S. Attorney General as defendants. 

The U.S. Attorney for Virginia and the U.S. Attorney General are listed as defendants because of an IRS tax lien encumbering the property; court pleadings state that the Hirschler law firm distributed IRS tax funds held in escrow to some of the partners. The IRS funds held in escrow were meant to pay the capital gains tax of the Drizos’ share of a partial land sale in 2000 and a Henrico County condemnation settlement in 2002. 

Hirschler committed tax fraud by violating the IRS FIRPTA Withholding Act by distributing the IRS funds to their clients instead of paying the IRS. Drizos filed their foreign resident tax returns with an approximate capital gains tax of $23,000. The IRS placed a tax lien on the property in 2002, which encumbered the property.

On August 4, 2022, Diamiantis Drizos passed away at his residence in Athens, Greece, leaving his 10% share to Georgia Drizos. Diamiantis Drizos and Georgia Drizos suffer from dementia and have caretakers 24 hours a day.

Hirschler  Attorneys Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd committed fraud on the court by intentionally failing to serve the Drizos through the mandatory Hague Service Process for foreign residents. Instead, they served the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, which only applies to residents of the United States. Articles of the Hague service process state that the court documents are required to be translated into the foreign country's language and personally served by a municipality prosecutor at the defendant’s address. 

Hirschler’s attorneys intentionally did not have the pleadings translated and sent to the Hague authority in Greece for the personal service process. The Partition case would have been heard without the Drizos knowing there was a pending hearing for their land.

Hirschler schemed to obtain a default judgment on Drizos by defective service and have the court issue an order to grant the Partition suit. Georgia Drizos, suffering from dementia, would not know that her 20% share had been sold, and the partners would have divided the property sales proceeds amongst themselves with the assistance of the Hirschler attorneys.

 

Part 3. Henrico Police Chief Eric English exclusive interview about 27 Day delayed arrest of privileged Child Molester

 White "Affluent Upper-class" Child Molester Given Special Legal Treatment and Protection by Henrico CA Shannon Taylor

February 28, 2023-Author Brace Impact

   Henrico CA Shannon Taylor provided David R. Gibbs a separate justice system because of his white, affluent upper-class status. As a result, David Gibbs, an aspiring actor, was treated differently than a black, Hispanic, Asian, or any other race would have been if they were charged with the same felonies.

      A grand jury indicted David Randolph Gibbs on May 16, 2022, on two counts of forcible sodomy on a child less than 13 years old, violating Va. Code §18.2-67.1, and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 years old violating Va. Code §18.2-63.

     Henrico County property records indicate that David R. Gibbs owns two homes at 204 Dryden Lane, Henrico County, an upscale community in the Sleepy Hollow/Mooreland Farms area 11232 Fanwood Court, Henrico County, in the Short Pump area of the ritzy west end. Both homes have a combined tax assessment value of more than $1,500,000.

   Despite the four felony indictments, capias, and a judge's order for Gibbs' immediate arrest for the felony sexual assaults, CA Shannon Taylor gave special legal treatment and protection to David R. Gibbs so he could attend social events outside Virginia and voluntarily turn himself in after 27 days because of his upper-class white privilege status. 

    Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) dictates that once a capias and orders are issued for the suspect’s arrest, the HPD will immediately take action to arrest the suspect. Still, the SOP was not followed in the David R. Gibbs case. In an exclusive interview with HPD Chief Eric English, see below; Chief English stated, "I was not aware of any deal, and there was no discussion of this case with me." 

    If HPD Chief English and his agency were unaware of any deal made for David Gibbs to turn himself in after 27 days, then CA Shannon Taylor hid the capias and judge's order for Gibbs’s arrest from the HPD. Normal SOP is when the Henrico Clerk's office records a capias and order for arrest; they are sent to the HPD to arrest the suspect.

    Further research details that the May 16, 2022, capias issued for David R. Gibbs was not assigned to an HPD officer to arrest Gibbs immediately. Instead, it was filed in the Henrico Clerk's file and hidden from the public and the HPD. 

   Virginia Code § 19.2-80. Duty of arresting officer; bail states: 

Duty of arresting officer; bail.

In any case in which an officer does not issue a summons pursuant to § 19.2-74 or § 46.2-936, a law-enforcement officer making an arrest under a warrant or capias shall bring the arrested person without unnecessary delay before a judicial officer. 

   David R. Gibbs was not arrested and arraigned until June 13, 2022, 27 days after a capias and judge’s order was issued for his immediate arrest, and only by David Gibbs voluntarily turning himself into the HPD.

   David Gibbs was casually allowed to attend the Maryland Preakness on May 20, 2022, 4 days after the 4 felony indictments, capias, and judge's order for his arrest were issued. Gibbs was also allowed to attend his daughter's kindergarten graduation on June 10, 2022, while the capias and judges’ order for his arrest was still active. Gibbs voluntarily turned himself in on June 13, 2022, when he was arraigned and released on a low $20,000. bond on June 14, 2022.

 

   HPD Chief Eric English agreed to an exclusive interview with us, about the delayed arrest of David Gibbs;

Brace Impact:  

1. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could attend the May 21, 2022,  Preakness at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland?

2. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could attend his daughter's kindergarten graduation on June 10, 2022? 

3. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could travel across the U.S to Los Angeles, CA., so that he could attend his wife's reconstructive surgery on her nose?

4. Is this standard operating procedure for the HPD to violate Court orders and delay the arrest of a suspect that has been indicted for two counts of forcible sodomy on a child less than 13 years old, violating Va. Code §18.2-67.1 and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 years old violating Va. Code §18.2-63., Two of these felonies carry a life sentence.?

HPD Chief English: Our Detectives investigated this case thoroughly and presented this case for prosecution.  As you are aware there are several entities involved in this case.  I can only speak on what my staff did and that was conducted a thorough investigation.

Brace Impact: Our investigative reporting is about the delay from the May 16, 2022, indictments and capias issued for his arrest and Judge Marshall's order to have David Gibbs arrested and arraigned. There is a twenty-seven day delay and some kind of deal was made with the Commonwealth Attorney to have him turn himself in on June 13, 2022.

Were you aware of this deal?

If so, were you in agreement with this deal?

Considering the seriousness and violent nature of the felonies, was it prudent to allow the suspect to go about his daily life for twenty-seven days, without having been arrested and arraigned?

Isn't the arrest of the suspect under the HPD's jurisdiction, a capias and order were issued for his arrest and the HC Clerk's office recorded the indictments, capias and the arrest order by Judge Marshall?

Is this normal SOP to allow a suspect to be free and roam around like nothing happened for twenty-seven days?

HPD Chief English: I am not going to speak for others. Our agency did what was required of us and that has nothing to do with any SOP. I was not aware of any deal and there was no discussion of this case with me.

   A Henrico County prosecutor who wished to remain anonymous stated that "a deal was made for David Gibbs to voluntarily turn himself in after he attended certain social functions". 

   Whether HPD Chief English was aware of any deal or not, and there was no discussion of the case with him, the HPD has the jurisdiction and authority to arrest a suspect without delay when a capias and/or judge's order has been issued for their arrest.

   

Ethics Complaint filed against top Henrico County Officials for tampering and destroying Court Evidence

 FBI investigating Henrico Court Officials who Tampered and Destroyed Evidence in 600 Kilo Cocaine Case

     An Ethics Complaint (CL22002250) filed with the Henrico County Circuit Court on April 11, 2022, gives evidence of court documents and evidence being tampered with and destroyed. A copy of the complaint can be viewed here: 

Henrico County Ethics Complaint PDF

   A copy of the complaint was filed with the Richmond FBI office, who have opened an investigation into the Henrico Court Officials violating several federal codes including Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242, Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law.

    The Complaint alleges that Judge Lee A. Harris Jr.. Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon L. Taylor, Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Y. Feinmel and Henrico Circuit Court Clerk Heidi Barshinger, conspired together to violate several federal and state codes concerning a 600-kilo cocaine case involving an international fugitive.

    The Complaint details that Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Y. Feinmel concealed the exhibits of evidence in the 2014 Extradition Affidavit submitted to Greece requesting the extradition of the 600 kilo cocaine fugitive and was never filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court Clerk's office. Greece denied the Extradition request by the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's office for reason of time limitations and other due process violations which the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney failed to file in a timely manner, in which he delayed by more than 21 months after the fugitive's arrest.

    The Complaint states that the Henrico Court officials hijacked a September 25, 2018 Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice 13 Indictments and destroyed 37 exhibits of evidence. The Motion was never filed with the HC Clerk's Office and kept in a separate file hidden from the public. The Motion contained evidence of an alleged criminal syndicate that had been operating in the Henrico County Circuit Court for over 20 years, which had protected an international fugitive wanted for the 600-kilo cocaine organization.

    Despite the hijacked Motion never being filed with the Henrico Clerk's Office, ex parte hearings were held between Judge Lee. A. Harris Jr., HCA Shannon Taylor and DCA Michael Feinmel. The Complaint states that the hearings were held secretly and without a court date being scheduled, orders were issued on the same day as the motions being filed. Numerous orders were issued without the original wet copy motion ever being stamped and filed with the Henrico Circuit Court Clerk's office.

   The 600 kilo cocaine fugitive had filed a Motion for Transportation on November 4, 2018 to be voluntarily extradited to Virginia. Evidence in the complaint details the original Motion for Transportation was denied by Judge Lee A. Harris and destroyed by the named court officials, it was later forged and resubmitted to the HC Circuit Court Clerk, who filed it after it was referred to in other court pleadings. A undisclosed FBI official stated that "it is unheard of for a judge to deny a voluntary extradition request by an accused fugitive wishing to return and face charges"

   Evidence in the complaint filed states that Henrico Circuit Court Clerk Heidi Barshinger recognized that the September 25, 2018 Motion had been hijacked and 37 exhibits of evidence destroyed, yet never reported it to law enforcement authorities. Instead, HC Clerk Barshinger had made false entries and swore under oath that the case records sent to the Virginia Court of Appeals were accurate.

   The HC Court records falsely showed that the September 25, 2018 Motion to Dismiss was filed on September 25, 2018, yet the filing showed a July 22, 2020 stamp and filing date, 20 months after the Motion to Dismiss was received by the HC Clerk's office.

   Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. recognized that the September 25, 2018 Motion to Dismiss was never stamped and filed with the HC Clerk's office, yet Judge Harris held numerous ex-parte hearings and issued orders. Even on July 16, 2020, a hearing was held and the September 25, 2018, Motion to Dismiss was never in the Judges files.

   The HC Court records that were sent to the Virginia Appellate Court by HC Clerk Heidi Barshinger showed several inconsistencies with the actual records of the pleadings filed with the HC Clerk's office.

    The Complaint gives evidence of bribery and political favors involving the four HC County officials linking them to the McGuireWoods Law firm partners Richard Cullen and Howard C. Vick Jr. McGuireWoods Law firm  represented the 600 kilo cocaine fugitive and family members in estate holdings in the tens of millions USD.

    McGuireWoods Law firm terminated Howard Vick Jr. in 2019 and has disavowed any association with Vick since the allegations surfaced in the 2018 Motion to Dismiss.

     Richard Cullen, known in the legal circles as the "head of the Virginia Shadow Government" resigned from McGuireWoods Law firm and was hired by Governor Glenn Youngkin upon being elected Governor. 

     Richard Cullen, Howard Vick Jr., Judge Lee A. Harris, HCA Shannon Taylor, DHCA Michael Feinmel and others were named in a separate ethics complaint (CL21006572) filed with the HC Circuit Court on October 6. 2021, which gives evidence of a criminal syndicate which gave protection, from being prosecuted, to some 40 upper to middle class professionals linked to the 600 kilo cocaine operation. 

    Evidence in the Complaints indicates that HC County officials and other high profile attorneys have protected the 600 kilo cocaine fugitive from being extradited to Virginia and even dismissing federal UFAP warrants so that the fugitive could renew his U.S. passport several times.

 

   

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor's blunders takes Richmond woman's life

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's release of known violent predator, who raped and killed a Richmond woman, has been sentenced to life in prison

 

Thomas Clark, a Henrico County man and Richmond-area contractor, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the abduction, rape, and murder of Suzanne Fairman. 

Fairman, 53, was found dead in the bathtub of her Tanglewood Road home in Richmond on May 9, 2019. A knife, bandanna, glove, and iPhone cord that had been knotted and cut were found on the sink.

The Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor had agreed to have an electronic monitoring device removed from a known convicted felon who had a long criminal record of rape and violence towards women.

Just seven days later, VCU administrator Suzanne Fairman was killed, after an electronic monitoring device was removed from her killer’s ankle. 

The suspect, 59-year-old Thomas Clark of Henrico, had been out on a $2500 bond on several unrelated charges when Fairman was killed.

Police arrested Clark, 59, on unrelated charges about a week after Fairman was killed.

Clark was found guilty of the murder, rape, and abduction in November 2021.

Fairman hired Clark to work on the deck of her home, but had problems with the workmanship, according to court testimony.

Officers went to Fairman's home in May 2019 when the VCU administrator failed to show up for a Mother's Day trip out of state.

She was found face down inside the tub of the main bathroom with water running and a bloody knife visible on the counter in the same bathroom, according to court documents.

Prosecutors said Clark held Fairman at knifepoint, raped and strangled her. His DNA was found on a bloody knife and the victim, they said.

"There is a huge amount of relief," Fairman's son Scott after the guilty verdict was read in November 2021. "I know these last two-and-a-half-years have been dreadful for my family and my friends and everybody in our life. With this verdict, I just feel like everybody can begin to heal."

Fairman was supportive of the life prison sentence for his mom's killer.