DNA Sample Taken from Springfield Man Arrested For Father's Murder

A Springfield man accused of shooting and killing his father has been swabbed for a DNA sample in an attempt to match his DNA with evidence found at the crime scene, according to police documents.

Richard Hanson, a 53-year-old Springfield resident, is , his father, four times in the head on July 19. The elder Hanson was shot in the Springfield home he shared with his son at 7628 Chancellor Way.

In a search warrant request filed on September 9, Fairfax County Police Department homicide Detective Erik S. Stallings requested permission to take a DNA swab from Hanson's mouth. Stallings wrote that DNA was needed to compare with evidence gathered at the crime scene, in an affidavit filed with the request.

The crime scene evidence is being analyzed at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science, according to Stallings's affidavit.

After his father's murder, Hanson allegedly fled in his parents' 1998 Saturn.

Hanson reappeared a day after his flight in in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, after buying gasoline on a credit card, according to the Scranton Times Tribune.

When Hanson used the same credit to rent a hotel room in nearby Scranton, marshals located the hotel and the Saturn. After evacuating guests from the room around Hanson's, marshals arrested Hanson, according to a press release from the marshals. 

According to the Times Tribune, marshals did not discover a weapon on Hanson during the arrest. Fairfax County authorities later sealed his car with evidence tape and towed it away.

Patch is waiting for comment from FCPD on Hanson's extradition status.