Double Homicide Investigators Seeking Video, Information From Public

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in identifying suspects in the Jan. 25 fatal shooting of 61-year-old Charles Childress and 59-year-old Kimberly Newcomb.

Investigators are asking anyone with information or surveillance video taken between Monday, Jan. 20 and Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 to contact Major Elizabeth Scott at 540-507-7492. The sheriff’s office is seeking any information, no matter how seemingly insignificant, about this case.

Sheriff’s deputies responded around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 25 for the report of a deceased woman’s body being found in a residence in the10800 block of Heatherwood Drive. The deputies found Childress and Newcomb’s bodies in the home. Both were deceased, according to the sheriff’s office.

The bodies were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy was performed. The chief medical examiner confirmed that Childress and Newcomb had died after being shot several times and that their deaths were determined to be homicides, according to authorities.

Information about this case may be submitted anonymously through Spotsylvania Crime Solvers at 1-800-928-5822 or online at www.p3tips.com