FAIRFAX, Va. — From his hospital bed, Santosh Basnet says he still hears the echoes of his wife’s final cries for help.
Covered in stitches and recovering from four surgeries, the sole survivor of a domestic stabbing, described as a ‘bloodbath,’ is struggling to understand how a family effort to provide a fresh start for his father-in-law ended in a bloody nightmare.
Fairfax County Police say Chhatra Thapa, who recently moved to the United States from Nepal, stabbed and killed his wife, Binda Thapa, and his daughter, Mamta Thapa, before being shot and killed by responding officers at the Margate Manor Apartments in Mantua…