Police Suspect Foul Play In Lorton Woman's Disappearance [VIDEO]

Lorton VA

14 June, 2021

5:48 PM

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LORTON, VA — The Fairfax County Police Department has uncovered evidence suggesting a missing 72-year-old woman may have been harmed inside her home. Police officers went to the home of Emily Lu in the 9200 block of Davis Lane in Lorton on Friday, June 4 at around 2:30 p.m. after her employer requested a welfare check when she did not show up for work, the department said Monday. Lu's car was discovered in the driveway with groceries recently purchased from a nearby store. Fairfax County officers checked the home and spoke with neighbors but were unable to find her. A family member contacted officers that afternoon and provided an address in Belle Haven that Lu visits often. Officers checked the home but did not find her. "While searching Lu's home, detectives uncovered evidence suggesting she may have been harmed inside," the department said Monday. "Based on these preliminary investigative findings, her absence from work and the unusual lack of response to family members, detectives believe she is missing under suspicious circumstances." Fairfax County police said Lu was last seen at the Aldi grocery store at 1329 Gordon Plaza in Woodbridge around 7:50 p.m. on June 3. Lu arrived home from the grocery store but did not bring inside all of her groceries. The department provided video footage of Lu's visit to Aldi on June 3. "Our Major Crimes detectives are working tirelessly to determine what led up to Mrs. Lu's disappearance," Fairfax County Police Major Ed O'Carroll, bureau commander of Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics, said Monday in a statement. "They continue to work closely with officers from our Search and Rescue and detectives from our Crime Scene and Cyber and Forensics team." Victim specialists from the department's Major Crimes Bureau's Victim Services Division have been assigned to help support Lu's family. Anyone with information is asked to contact the department's Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 6. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone at 866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text – Type "FCCS" plus tip to 847411, and by web. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards of $100 to $1,000 dollars if their information leads to an arrest. RELATED: Missing 72-Year-Old Lorton Woman Last Seen On June 3