Police in New York apprehended a Virginia woman wanted for the triple murder of three of her roommates on Thursday after a high-speed police chase.
Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, was on the run after the deaths of two men and a woman in their Spotsylvania County home on Tuesday. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office reports that all three individuals sustained blunt-force trauma injuries, characterizing the crimes as “heinous.”
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The U.S. Marshals Service and New York State Police apprehended Venable on I-86 in Steuben County after she refused to stop for officers, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.
According to police, at around 5:45 p.m. Thursday, New York State troopers observed a gray 2009 Honda Civic that matched the one Venable was known to drive and attempted to stop her, but she refused, resulting in a 100-mph chase.
Police apprehended Venable using a tire deflation device, which forced her vehicle to crash and allowed them to apprehend her. As a precaution, they transported her to a nearby hospital. Homicide cops had warned the public that Venable was armed and dangerous.
New York State Police are processing Venable’s fugitive warrant and preparing for extradition.
Three charges of second-degree murder and using a handgun to commit a felony had Venable on the run.
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office discovered the victims, Robert John McGuire, 77, Gregory Scott Powell, 60, and Carol Anne Reese, 65, at 10 p.m. Tuesday after summoning them to their home in the 10500 block of White Street Court for a welfare check. The residence is located 60 miles south of Washington, DC.
The relationship between Venable and the victims remains unclear.
Neighbors told NBC Washington that the residents were quiet and kept to themselves. They assumed Venable had moved into the home about a month ago.
NBC reports that Venable faced charges last month for misdemeanor assault and violence. Although the sheriff’s office has not confirmed its connection to Tuesday night’s triple homicide, they will conduct an investigation.
