About a hundred people paid their respects at a vigil for the two women who were stabbed to death at their Fairfax home on Feb. 23.
Chhatra Thapa, 54, brutally murdered his wife, Binda, and daughter, Mamta, with a butcher knife. He was in the process of stabbing Mamta’s husband, Santosh Basnet, when police arrived.
The first responder, Police Officer First Class Nicholas Brazones, of the Mason Police District, shot and killed Chhatra, saving the life of Basnet. Brazones, who’d been on the force for two and a half years, is on restricted-duty status while the investigation continues…