MURDER CHARGE FOLLOWS ATTACK ON MUSLIM GIRL

FAIRFAX, VA. A 22-year-old Virginia man was held on a murder charge Monday in the slaying of a teenage Muslim girl.

Darwin Martinez Torres, pictured, of Sterling was arraigned in a Fairfax County court and ordered held without bail pending a July 19 court appearance.

According to statements from police, the girl and her friends were walking back to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque from a McDonald’s in the Sterling area between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday when a man drove up and some kind of altercation ensued. According to WRC-TV in Washington, the teen fell as the girls ran.

During a search for the girl, an officer stopped a car being driven suspiciously on Sunday and the driver, later identified as Martinez Torres, was taken into custody.

WRC-TV reported that Martinez Torres led officers to a pond across the street from his apartment where a female body, believed to be the girl’s, was found at about 3 p.m. Sunday.