A Prince William County jury delivered a sweeping guilty verdict in a brutal kidnapping and homicide that began in Maryland, tore down Virginia highways, and resulted in gunfire with state troopers — leaving a woman dead in the back seat of a fleeing vehicle.
Michael C. Davis, 38, was found guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in connection with the April 5, 2023, kidnapping and murder of Tatiana David, as well as the attempted murder of multiple Virginia State Police troopers, according to the Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Specifically, the jury convicted Davis of:
- Second-degree murder;
- Abduction;
- Three counts of attempted aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer;
- Ten counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony;
- Felony eluding.
According to the Commonwealth, a Virginia State Police trooper was alerted on April 5, 2023, to a Jeep Cherokee that had crossed from Maryland into Virginia and was connected to a possible abduction out of Ithaca, New York…