ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 838-4636
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 14, 2003
Alexandria Police Seek Identity of Injured Woman
The Alexandria Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an injured woman found in Alexandria last night. The woman is unconscious and now in the Intensive Care Unit at Fairfax Hospital.
Police responded to the 400 block of Wilkes Street at 8:55 p.m. for the report of an injured woman. When neighbors found the woman on the ground near a house, she was bleeding but conscious. She told paramedics that her name was “Sofina” and that she had fallen. While being treated at Alexandria Hospital, she indicated that she was assaulted during a robbery. She was later transferred to Fairfax Hospital for treatment of a head injury. Doctors have since told detectives that her injuries appear to be consistent with a fall.
Sofina is described as a white Hispanic woman in her 50s to early 60s who may only speak Spanish. She is approximately 5-feet tall and weighs between 95 and 100 pounds. She has thinning brown hair and was wearing a dark wig. She also has an appendectomy scar. She was carrying a grocery bag containing baby food and drinking water.
Officers canvassed the neighborhood, but did not locate anyone who knows Sofina. Detectives have also checked with other police agencies in the region, but none have received a missing person report for anyone matching Sofina’s description.
If anyone believes they know Sofina’s identity, they area asked to call the Criminal Investigations Section at 703.838.4711.
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