Another accused killer released from Virginia mental health facility after insanity plea

The Brief

  • The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office has agreed to the release of another man accused of murder after another accused killer fled the U.S.
  • The accused killer was granted conditional release after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in his father’s killing.
  • It comes after another accused killer left the U.S. on a one-way flight on a weekend pass from a mental health facility.

FAIRFAX, Va. The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office has agreed to the release of another man accused of murder after another accused killer fled the U.S. on a weekend pass from a Fairfax County mental health facility.

Alexander Jahelka was accused of stabbing his 66-year-old father, Kenneth, to death in a Reston apartment in 2021. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental health institution in Northern Virginia.

According to court records, Jahelka was granted conditional release into the community with agreement from the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office on July 16, ten days after Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda left on a one-way flight to Tajikistan.

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