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Trial begins for alleged Virginia serial killer and fringe political candidate

Charles Severance (Mugshot)
05 Oct 2015
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Severance lived in Alexandria in the 1990s and the early 2000s and ran for mayor and Congress as a fringe candidate. He sometimes wore a tricorn hat, was known for ranting in public and once threw a punch at the organizer of a mayoral debate.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/trial-begins-for-alleged-virginia-serial-killer-and-fringe-political-candidate/ [with

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Charles Severance is indicted in 3 Alexandria fatal shootings

September 8, 2014
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An odd but politically minded man, Severance mounted unsuccessful mayoral and congressional campaigns in Virginia in 1996 and 2000, listing his occupation in a voter guide as “Expert witness, principal investigator, mentaldisorder.com.”
His dress was peculiar — he often wore tricorn hats — and he showed flashes of menacing behavior. Long ago, when a fire alarm in the condominium community where he lived was malfunctioning and ringing during a thunderstorm, Severance came outside in the rain, without a coat, and smashed it, a neighbor said. Rod Kuckro, former president of the Alexandria Federation of Civic Associations, said that Severance “took a swing” at him in 2000 after Kuckro would not let him participate in a debate of major-party candidates.
Severance was arrested several times on assault and indecent exposure counts in Maryland in the 2000s. Most charges were not prosecuted, but he was convicted of a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon in Rockingham County, Va., in 2005.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/charles-severance-indicted-on-murder-charges/2014/09/08/1124c952-377d-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html [with comments]