Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Fairfax County Police Seek Missing Mom, Last Seen Near Edsall Road

Andrea Crew, 31, was last seen Wednesday.

UPDATE: Fairfax County Police detectives are investigating whether a female body pulled from the Occoquan River Saturday morning is Andrea Crew.

The body was spotted by a boater around 9 a.m. Saturday and was transported to the office of the medical examiner, according to Fairfax County Police. No word at 6:30 p.m. from police on the identity of the body.

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A mother of two from the Mount Vernon area is missing and was last seen in a location off of Edsall Road, according to Fairfax County Police.

Detectives are searching for information leading to the whereabouts of Andrea Crew, 31, from the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. Crew, of the 8000 block of Gila Court, which is in the Mount Vernon area, was reported missing Thursday. 

She was last seen Wednesday at approximately 11 a.m. near a bank in the 5500 block of Cherokee Avenue off of Edsall Road. 

Crew was seen getting out of a beige Jeep Cherokee at that location. She has not contacted her family nor returned home, according to police.

Authorities are concerned for her safety. Neither police, family, nor friends have heard from Crew.

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Her Facebook page shows her cover photo was changed Tuesday, the day before she went missing. It shows her embracing a man and a child. The page says she is from Bogota, Colombia. It shows photos of her with two young girls, presumably her daughters.

Anyone with information should contact Detective Chris Flanagan of the  Fairfax County Police Department 703-246-7860 or call Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.


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