Portsmouth woman arrested in connection with double murder on Dale Dr.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Marshals arrested a Portsmouth woman who was on the run for 20 months for a double murder in the 260 block of Dale Drive in Jackson, MS., according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Akea Faison, 33, was allegedly involved in a robbery that resulted in the deaths of two men. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and three counts of use of a firearm in a felony.

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Dale Dr. in Portsmouth in March. arrested in double murder case

On March 5, 2023, Portsmouth police responded to a call reporting a gunshot wound around 7:43 a.m.

Officers found a man with fatal injuries and another man with life-threatening injuries. The men were later identified as 28-year-old Carlos Cordova and 22-year-old Carlos Castro-Murillo.

Faison is being held in the Madison County Detention Center in Mississippi, awaiting extradition to Virginia to stand trial.