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Cerina Fairfax should be the focus of these discussions, not the mental health of the man who took her life while her children were home.
Justin Fairfax served as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor from 2018 to 2022, though two sexual assault allegations derailed his career.
After serving her husband of 25 years with divorce papers, 53-year-old Michele Francis lost her life in a murder-suicide plot carried out by her husband.
After David Adefeso filed a restraining order against his now-estranged fiancee Tamar Braxton, she came forward saying he was the aggressor in their domestic spat and threatened to kill them both in a murder-suicide plot.
Authorities say it's still too early to tell.