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 ...

PGA Tour golfer Stephan Jaeger is married to health and fitness coach Shelby Jaeger. The couple have been married since 2018. They share a young son together called Harrison and they have a golden ...

Booking photo of Stephan Sterns from the Osceola County Jail. "This case has been the subject of unprecedented and highly prejudicial publicity and media attention in Osceola County, adjacent ...