Overview
- Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, who police say fatally stabbed a man Sunday in Bailey's Crossroads, is charged with second-degree murder and is held without bond.
- ICE filed a detainer requesting notification before any release, and DHS urged Governor Abigail Spanberger and Fairfax officials not to free the suspect.
- Federal officials say Chavarria Muy is a Guatemalan national who entered the U.S. as a gotaway, meaning he had no prior DHS encounter or record.
- Spanberger’s office has said transfers should follow a signed judicial warrant, a stance DHS disputes because detainers are civil administrative requests, a clash sharpened by February’s separate bus‑stop killing tied to Abdul Jalloh.
- Court records show a 2024 assault-and-battery charge against Chavarria Muy in Arlington was dismissed at the victim’s request under a Virginia law that allows restitution to resolve some misdemeanor cases.