| Murder of Nabra Hassanen | |
|---|---|
 Nabra Hassanen | |
  Sterling Murder of Nabra Hassanen (Virginia)  Murder of Nabra Hassanen (the United States) | |
| Location | Sterling, Virginia, U.S. |
| Date | June 18, 2017 3 a.m. – 4 a.m. (UTC−04:00) |
Attack type | Child murder by bludgeoning, child rape, child abduction |
| Weapons | Baseball bat |
| Victim | Nabra Hassanen |
| Perpetrator | Darwin Martinez Torres |
| Motive | Road rage (police claim), rape |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions |
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| Charges | Second-degree murder (upgraded to capital murder)
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| Sentence | 8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole |
On June 18, 2017, Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old American girl from Reston, Virginia, was raped and murdered.[2] The killer was Darwin Martinez Torres, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was 22 at the time. He was indicted for Hassanen's rape and murder and subsequently pleaded guilty to four counts of capital murder, three counts of rape, and one count of abduction.[3] In March 2019, he was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the crimes.[3] Police identified the murder as an apparent act of road rage, and not a hate crime.[4]
- ^ "Commonwealth of Virginia v Darwin Martinez" (PDF). fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
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