Former Alexandria Sheriff James Dunning Dead at 62
James Dunning, a former Del Ray resident, died in his sleep in Hilton Head, S.C.
Former Alexandria Sheriff James Dunning died Thursday in Hilton Head, SC. He was 62. The local medical examiner’s office in South Carolina will perform an autopsy, Alexandria Police spokesman Jody Donaldson told Patch. Donaldson said it is expected that Dunning died in his sleep of natural causes. Dunning retired to South Carolina a few years after the Dec. 5, 2003, murder of his wife, Nancy Dunning, in the couple’s Del Ray home. The murder remains unsolved. Police say the case investigation remains active. The Del Ray Business Association Foundation gathered funds to help solve the crime. The nonprofit foundation still has more than $100,000 pledged for leads in that unsolved case, according to DRBA officer Gayle Reuter. The annual …
dorothy leach wood
3:08 pm on Sunday, July 15, 2012
to the wonderful children...your Mother and Father and the two of you brought so much light to my parents lives in their last years in Del Ray. Dorothy Leach Wood more ›