That is, until November 1994, when Robin was brutally murdered inside her home. “My grandpa called my mom we were literally about to get in the car. I think that week and drive down to Fairfax, ...

Lauren [Cowans] Ovans grew up on Maple Lane in Niskayuna.Her mom, Mary, spent her time giving back to the community.“I went to elementary school at Rosendale, a ...

Army veteran Stephan Smerk, 53, pleaded guilty in October to the 1994 stabbing death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was ...

Army veteran Stephan Smerk, 53, pleaded guilty in October to the 1994 stabbing death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was home alone with her 2-year-old.

The Niskayuna man arrested in 2023 and later pleaded guilty in a three-decade-old Virginia murder was sentenced to a total ...

The Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced on Friday that 53-year-old Stephan Smerk was sentenced to 70 ...

Stephan Smerk, who for years lived a quiet life in Niskayuna, was sentenced Friday for the 1994 stabbing death of Robin ...

A man arrested in Niskayuna who evaded capture in a Virginia homicide investigation for nearly 30 years will spend the rest of his life in prison.

After 30 years of wondering who murdered their daughter, sister, aunt, mother, and friend, a Viriginia family is finally getting closure.

When Fairfax County police confronted Stephen Smerk, he was married and raising two high school-aged children in a quiet town ...