Second Missing Woman Found Dead, Suspect Charged in Both Murders: Police

WOODBRIDGE, VA. — A desperate, 12-hour search for a missing Woodbridge woman ended Friday afternoon with the discovery of her body. Soon after, investigators had a suspect in custody — a young man now also accused in the case of a another woman found dead in April.

Ronald Francis Dorsey Jr., 19, of 3670 Golf Side Cir, in Woodbridge, is charged with two counts of murder.

Erica Janelle Hickson, 37, was reporting missing early Friday from the 12300 block of Pond Run Drive. She had last been seen Thursday night while working a shift supervising young adults for a non-profit program at the apartment community behind Dillingham Square.

Hickson's disappearance followed the April death of Lizeth Yadira Lopez, another counselor at the same site who was missing for more than a week before her body was found.

Dorsey was a client living at the site and knew both victims, according to Prince William County Police. Hickson's body was found in a wooded area near Doresey's apartment on Golf Side Circle.

Detectives with Prince William County's homicide unit reportedly identified Dorsey as a person of interest during the investigation.

Lopez, 36, was reported missing April 19 by her family in Alexandria, but the search quickly focused on Prince William County after her car was found near the Pond Run Drive workplace. Her body was found 10 days later in the area of Cotton Mill Drive and Griffith Avenue, a short distance away.

She had last been seen, in security footage, leaving a CVS pharmacy on April 17.