UPDATE: Second Victim in Falls Church Fire Identified
Mary Ann Gardner and her mother were killed in a fire inside their Falls Church home Wednesday morning.
Mary Ann Gardner has been identified as the second victim of a Falls Church house fire that also killed her mother, Laura Snyder-Gardner, early Wednesday morning. Kaitlin Luna, a spokeswoman at Gallaudet University, confirmed the second victim’s identity Friday evening. Luna said Gardner was a junior student at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Snyder-Gardner was a faculty member at Gallaudet. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue identified Snyder-Gardner Thursday. The fire is still under investigation and no cause for the fire has been determined. A memorial for the mother and daughter will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Elstad Auditorium at Gallaudet, Luna said. The family has requested people attending the service wear pink and yellow …
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