Murder

Henry Eric "Ricky" Ryan

“It’s been hard on us,” Ott, 53, of Kearneysville, W.Va., said of her brother’s still-unsolved murder.

But it exists, even in some of the safest communities in the world, including Loudoun County. This edition of the Underbelly investigates the past four years of Loudoun homicide.

Loudoun residents were subjected to two murders during 2006.

For years, investigators had no leads to establish his identity. Meanwhile, Nancy Jean Siegel, of Baltimore, Md. was profiting – collecting Watkins’ social security checks and retirement benefits.

One half of a mother-daughter duo accused of killing a relative before fleeing across the country pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Leesburg Aug. 12.

Julie Dong, 19, faces 20 years to life in prison for her part in the murder of her 66-year-old grandmother, Hanh Hoang, last summer in Leesburg. Her alleged accomplish was her 40-year-old mother, and Hoang’s daughter, Phoung Kim Thi Dong, who still awaits trial in the case.

Robert E. Roy

Robert E. Roy, accused in the May 21, 2001 killing of killer of Patrick A. Hornbaker at his western Loudoun County home, was extradited to Virginia in May, and appeared in Loudoun County Circuit Court for a hearing on June 3, where faced a capital murder charge.

Carlos Montoya

Montoya joined the ULS clique of MS-13 in 2002, and rose to become its leader. At the time of Montoya’s arrest last week, on federal charges of Aiding and Abetting Murder in the Aide of Racketeering, he was staying at a residence in Sterling.