A 41-year-old mother is dead after a serial criminal illegal alien with more than 30 arrests allegedly killed her at a Virginia bus stop, and prosecutors say they couldn’t keep him behind bars because his victims kept refusing to show up in court.
Fairfax County police found Stephanie Minter of Fredericksburg suffering from multiple stab wounds inside a bus stop shelter on Richmond Highway on Feb. 23, according to a Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) press release. Officers attempted life-saving measures, but Minter died at the scene. Detectives reviewed surveillance footage and identified Abdul Jalloh, 32, as the last person seen with Minter after the two exited a bus together. An employee at a nearby business recognized Jalloh the following day and contacted police, leading to his arrest on a petit larceny charge before detectives connected him to the killing and secured a second-degree murder warrant.
Laura Birnbaum, chief of staff for the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney, told the New York Post (NYP) that Jalloh repeatedly targeted homeless individuals who would not participate in prosecution efforts. “Unfortunately, the defendant in this case also had a history of selecting victims with no fixed address – some of the most vulnerable members of our community,” Birnbaum alleged. She added that the office convicted Jalloh on a 2023 malicious wounding charge. A separate rape arrest from 2018 ended without prosecution. (RELATED: Fairfax County Freed Illegal Despite ICE Request — Now A Man Is Dead)
Jalloh’s record includes the forcible rape accusation that former Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh declined to prosecute, a felony shooting charge that was reduced to a lesser offense and an aggravated malicious wounding arrest that resulted in a reduced sentence of two years with only seven months served, FOX 5 DC reported.
🚨FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA: Another preventable murder of an American citizen.⁰⁰Abdul Jalloh, a criminal illegal alien from Sierra Leone who entered the United States illegally in 2012, has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally stabbing Stephanie Minter in the… https://t.co/NCgHRboF6f
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 2, 2026
Jalloh landed back in court after picking up two new arrests that triggered a probation violation, NBC Washington reported. Rather than push to impose his remaining prison time, prosecutors struck a deal to resuspend the sentence. The agreement also terminated his probation entirely, leaving no one monitoring him, according to a court document cited by the outlet.
Sean Kennedy of Virginians for Safe Communities told the outlet the decision was baffling.
“It’s somewhat perplexing that the clear public safety menace that this man posed was not understood by the commonwealth’s attorney,” Kennedy said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Jalloh entered the country illegally in 2012 from Sierra Leone. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed a detainer on him in 2020 and obtained a removal order, yet he remained in the community through dozens of subsequent arrests and jail stays.
DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called on Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
“We are calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and Virginia’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE,” Bis said.
Spanberger signed an executive order on her first day in office ending state police and corrections agreements with ICE.
Jalloh remains held without bond.