Karen Scarbrough
- Age
- 17
- Gender
- F
- Race
- White
- Eye color
- brown
- Hair color
- brown
#78-D4666Tier-2 extracted
Karen Scarbrough
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jun 24, 1978
Recovery location
Woodbridge, VA
Coordinates
38.7039, -77.2473
Days open
17,514
Victims
ExtractedKaren
Sharon Lake
Deborah Frank
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn June 24, 1978, in an incident dubbed 'The Dale City Triple', Karen, along with two other woman, Sharon Lake and Deborah Frank, were found dead inside a Ryland Homes sales trailer in Woodbridge at approximately 6:45 p.m. Karen had just graduated from high school and started her first job at the location. An autopsy revealed all three women died from a gunshot wound.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationvehicle
Date1978-06-24
AddressRyland Homes sales trailer in Woodbridge
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/5/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 38.7039
- Longitude
- -77.2473
- Precision
- —
- Address
- Ryland Homes sales trailer.
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