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Man dead, woman injured after both shot in head in Stafford Co.

A man was found dead and a woman severely injured in Stafford County, Virginia. Both had been shot in the head.

Stafford County Sherriff officials responded to a 911 call for an “unknown situation” on New Hope Church Road around 6 p.m. Saturday.

The caller told officers that they found two people upstairs, unconscious and covered in blood.

Police said the deceased was Michael Shane Nelson, 41, of Stafford County. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman, who has not been identified, was found unconscious but alive. Officers performed lifesaving measures and Stafford County Fire and Rescue transported her to a hospital.

She is currently receiving treatment for her injuries in the hospital.

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Jose Angel Rodriguez-Cruz, already serving 12 years in prison for the 2009 murder of his girlfriend in D.C., has entered a plea of not guilty in a Stafford County, Virginia, circuit court for the murder of his estranged wife, who disappeared 20 years ago. Rodriguez-Cruz is charged with first-degree murder and disposing the dead body of Marta Haydee Rodriguez, who was 28 years old when she vanished from Arlington, Virginia, in 1989. Her remains were discovered in 1991 in the median of Interstate 95 in Stafford County, but were identified by DNA testing in 2018.
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