Overview
- While on an approved unaccompanied 48‑hour pass, Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda boarded a one‑way flight from Dulles to Istanbul and then to Dushanbe on July 6 instead of returning to the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute.
- Fairfax prosecutors filed court papers on Aug. 5 asking for an arrest warrant enforceable beyond Virginia after the facility placed him on escape status and a bench warrant was issued when he failed to return.
- The Department of Homeland Security says Toshpulodzoda 'self‑departed' to Tajikistan that day in compliance with an immigration judge’s June removal order.
- Hospital records show NVMHI’s forensic privileging panel and clinical team had approved unescorted community visits under Virginia law even though a June court order had said he 'shall not be released' from inpatient custody.
- Victims’ families and advocacy groups are demanding accountability for the passport request, the use of a taxpayer‑funded supportive housing apartment during leave, and the limited role prosecutors have after a not‑guilty‑by‑reason‑of‑insanity finding.