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A suspect is in custody after a woman discovered a stranger who was fatally hurt inside her home in Fauquier County, Virginia, authorities say.
Just before 10 p.m. Thursday a woman returned to her home in Linden and found 29-year-old Brandon Probst with traumatic injuries, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office said. The woman didn't know Probst.
Probst, of Stuarts Draft, Virginia, died a short time later, authorities said.
The investigation led detectives to Augusta County, where detectives identified 27-year-old Jose Valasquez-Martinez, of Verona, Virginia, as a suspect in Probst's death.
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Officers arrested Valasquez-Martinez on Sunday at a hotel in Front Royal and charged him with murder and malicious wounding.
News4's Julie Carey is gathering more information about this story. Stay with News4 for developments.
