A few years after Jacquline Lard’s murder, Amy Baker went missing. On March 29, 1989, at around 8:30 pm, Amy went missing on her way back home in Stafford County while visiting family in falls church. At around 9:55 pm, her car was found on I-95 on the side of the road by a Virgina State trooper. The next morning, the state trooper returned and found her car in the same spot it was in the night before and had it towed. After hearing the news, Amy’s family went out and searched around the area where her car was found. Her family found her body in a wooded area near I-95 in Springfield under an old mattress. Amy had been beaten, raped, and then strangled. She was 18 years old when she was murdered. After investigation, detectives determined that her car had run out of gas on her way back home from her relative’s house. After pulling her car over, she went to the nearest gas station where she then encountered the suspect who attacked her.
Forensic evidence was acquired in Amy’s case as well, but all of the obtained evidence didn’t provide enough leads. The case eventually went cold. Fortunately though, a breakthrough was made in 2021. The cold case detectives in Fairfax County submitted the forensic evidence from Amy’s case to DNA Labs International. This led to the development of a DNA profile. through the help of Parabon NanoLabs, The DNA profile linked the suspect from Amy’s case to Jacqueline’s case. In December of 2023, a family name for the suspect was identified and a search warrant for DNA was obtained. Two months later, Elroy Neal Harrison was arrested. He was charged with first-degree murder, abduction with intent to defile, aggravated malicious wounding, and breaking and entering with the intent to commit murder.
