Virginia Woman Fatally Stabbed at Bus Stop, DHS Says Man Charged Entered US Illegally

DHS said his criminal history includes more than 30 arrests for serious crimes, including rape.

Published: 3/4/2026, 5:34:05 PM EST

Virginia Woman Fatally Stabbed at Bus Stop, DHS Says Man Charged Entered US Illegally — Police tape in a stock photo. (Carl Ballou/Shutterstock)

A 41-year-old Fredericksburg woman was fatally stabbed in the neck at a Fairfax County bus stop last week, and a 32-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder. On March 2, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect as a criminal from Sierra Leone who entered the United States illegally in 2012 and has more than 30 prior arrests.

Fairfax County police said officers found Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, inside a bus stop shelter with multiple stab wounds to the upper body after responding to a death investigation at Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive in Hybla Valley at 7:16 p.m. Feb. 23.

Officers performed life-saving measures until Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel arrived. Minter was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

Minter’s obituary said her "passing is a [loss] felt throughout an entire family and a whole host of friends," describing her as “a happy, jolly individual, filled with love and adoration for her loved ones” and “a beam of light in dark places.”

"Though she has taken new wings, the beauty she brought into this world remains forever in our hearts," her obituary states.

Based on surveillance footage and interviews, detectives with the Major Crimes Bureau identified Abdul Jalloh, 32, as the last person seen with Minter. Jalloh has no fixed address, according to police. He was seen exiting the same bus as Minter.

However, Jalloh was not arrested until the next day. On Feb. 24, a business employee called police to report a suspicious person after recognizing Jalloh as a person of interest.

Officers located him and connected him to a larceny reported on Richmond Highway earlier that day. He was arrested, charged with petit larceny, and held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

On Feb. 25, detectives obtained a warrant charging Jalloh with second-degree murder in Minter’s death. He remains held without bond, police said. Detectives continue to interview witnesses, collect surveillance video, and process evidence.

In a March 2 post on X, DHS said Jalloh is “a criminal illegal alien from Sierra Leone who entered the United States illegally in 2012” and that he “has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally stabbing Stephanie Minter in the neck.”

DHS said his criminal history includes more than 30 arrests for serious crimes, including rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and pickpocketing.

DHS called the killing “another preventable murder of an American citizen.”

In a separate statement on March 2, DHS said, “ICE previously lodged a detainer against Jalloh in 2020, and he was granted a final order of removal by a judge who found he could be removed to any country other than Sierra Leone. This case illustrated the importance of third country removals to get criminal illegal aliens out of the U.S.”

DHS also said, “Governor Spanberger has signed an executive order that local and state law enforcement are no longer required to cooperate with ICE, repealing an order from her Republican predecessor, Governor Glenn Youngkin.”

Police ask anyone with information to contact the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2, or submit tips anonymously through Crime Solvers.