
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 13, 1994                   TAG: 9410130075
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE:    RICHMOND                                  LENGTH: Short

IN VIRGINIA TEEN CHARGED IN SLAYING OF 14-YEAR-OLD

A 13-year-old boy was charged Monday night with first-degree murder in the death of his 14-year-old friend, Henrico County police said.

Jahi A. Brown died about 8 p.m. Monday at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.

Officers responding to a call about 3:40 p.m. to an eastern Henrico address found Brown, who had been shot in the abdomen with a handgun.

The identity of the 13-year-old suspect was withheld because he is a juvenile. He was being held in the Henrico Juvenile Detention Center. He also was charged with use of a firearm in a felony.

1914 farmhouse fire ruled arson

STAFFORD - A fire that gutted an 80-year-old structure built on the foundation of George Washington's boyhood home was arson, Stafford County Fire Marshal Curt Alvis said Wednesday.

County and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigators found evidence at the remains of the 1914 farmhouse to confirm their suspicions, Alvis said in a news release.

The farmhouse that burned down Sept. 26 covered foundation stones from the Washington family home built in 1727 at Ferry Farm. That house burned in the late 18th century, and another structure was built on the foundation in 1825. The 1914 farmhouse had been unoccupied for several years.

by CNB