Virginia: Inam Uddin Kills Wife, Nusrat Uddin & Self

Couple Dead in Leesburg in Apparent Domestic Incident

Incident Unrelated to Other Murders in Loudoun

By

John L. Geddie

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

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Three Leesburg children were orphaned today, victims of violence that occurred in the Leesburg suburb of Potomac Crossing. Leesburg Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at approximately 4:50 a.m., placed from within a home on Smartts Lane, less than a half mile from the Ball’s Bluff Regional Park.  Upon investigation the home, police discovered the body of Inam A. Uddin, 47 in an upstairs bedroom of the Uddin townhouse. In the same room, police located the Uddin’s critically injured wife, Nusrat Uddin, 36. Nusrat Uddin was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital for treatment, but succumbed to her wounds later in the morning at approximately 10:14 a.m.

Police have not released details on the type of wounds the couple inflicted.

At a press conference later in the day, Leesburg Chief of Police Joe Price indicated that while the deaths are still being treated as “suspicious,” the incident appears to be “confined to 844 Smartts Lane.” This indicates that the deaths were likely domestic in nature and not the result of any attack by an outside party.

Price specifically noted that there was no evidence to support connecting the Uddins’ deaths to any of the other murder investigations currently underway in Loudoun County.

Fighting back tears, Leesburg Mayor Kristen Umstattd noted the tragedy of the occasion saying that, “We are so sorry for this family and for this neighborhood.”

Inam and Nusrat Uddin were the parents of three children, who were present at the time of the incident. The children were removed from the home by protective services and the Leesburg Police and taken to a Child Advocacy Center. At an interview later in the day, Chief Price indicated that the children may have been asleep during the incident, but that they have been informed of their parents’ death.

The Uddin have relatives in the area who are cooperating with the investigation and the care of the three Uddin children.

When asked about the other recent incidents of financially-motivated murder-suicide in the Metropolitan DC area, Chief Price expressed that this scenario was one that the police were exploring, but that he was not ruling out other reasons for the killings. Price verified that Inam Uddin was currently employed. Neighbors shared that the family also operated a child care facility out of the home.

Details are pending, but the Leesburg police were unaware of any other domestic calls from the home—only a medical assistance call during over the winter.

Neighbors were surprised and shocked to learn of the incident, several saying that they knew the family or have taken advantage of their day care services.