{"id":104618,"date":"2024-03-06T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-arrested-in-womans-1986-cold-case-murder-linked-to-2nd-murder-from-1989-virginia-authorities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:00:11","slug":"man-arrested-in-womans-1986-cold-case-murder-linked-to-2nd-murder-from-1989-virginia-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-arrested-in-womans-1986-cold-case-murder-linked-to-2nd-murder-from-1989-virginia-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in woman’s 1986 cold case murder, linked to 2nd murder from 1989: Virginia authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stafford County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(FAIRFAX, Va.) — A man has been arrested in connection with a Virginia woman’s 1986 cold case murder, and authorities say DNA evidence also links him to a second murder from the ’80s.<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Lard, 32, was last seen at her job, Mount Vernon Realty, on the night of Nov. 14, 1986, the Stafford County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

The next morning, evidence of a “horrific struggle” was found at the realty office, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 16, 1986, Lard’s body was recovered in a wooded area under a pile of discarded carpet, authorities said. One month later, Lard’s car was found abandoned in Fairfax County, authorities said.<\/p>\n

DNA evidence was collected, but authorities couldn’t connect the DNA to a suspect, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The case turned cold, but the sheriff’s office said DNA did eventually link Lard’s slaying to another murder in Virginia: the death of 18-year-old Amy Baker.<\/p>\n

On the night of March 29, 1989, Baker went missing after leaving a relative’s house in Falls Church, according to Fairfax County police.<\/p>\n

The teen’s car was found that night on the side of Interstate 95, and two days later, her body was found in a wooded area off the interstate, police said.<\/p>\n

Decades after both murders, on Dec. 14, 2023, “a family name for the suspect was identified,” the Stafford County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

“Detectives followed up on the leads this technology created and ultimately obtained a search warrant for DNA from Stafford County resident Elroy Harrison,” the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

Last month, the DNA from evidence was determined to be a match to 65-year-old Harrison, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Harrison was indicted on charges including first-degree murder in connection with Lard’s death, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

He was arrested at his Stafford County home on Tuesday and is being held without bond, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

Fairfax County police and prosecutors are now working to seek charges against Harrison for Baker’s murder, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

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