Home Woman pleads guilty in 2023 UVA Medical Center parking garage stabbing death
Virginia

Woman pleads guilty in 2023 UVA Medical Center parking garage stabbing death

Crystal Graham
crime scene tape
(© Rex Wholster – stock.adobe.com)

The Lebanon woman charged in the September 2023 stabbing death of a man in the 11th Street parking garage in Charlottesville has plead guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter.

On Friday, Tabitha Lynn Head plead guilty in Charlottesville Circuit Court to killing Brian Patrick Kiser on Sept. 7 in a parking garage located near the University of Virginia Medical Center.

According to police, the two travelled to UVA Health together on the morning of Sept. 7 and were “well-acquainted.”

Kiser was found on the ground of the garage with a puncture wound to his torso at 4:15 p.m. An edged weapon was found at the scene. Medical personnel administered life-saving procedures.

Head is scheduled to be sentenced on August 2 at 1 p.m. She faces up to 10 years in prison.

“The swift response by the University of Virginia Police Department led to the immediate apprehension and arrest of Ms. Head,” said Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania. “Mr. Kiser’s family looks forward to providing victim impact testimony at the sentencing hearing and sharing with the court how this tragedy has affected them.”

Support AFP




Crystal Graham

Crystal Graham

A 1999 graduate of Virginia Tech, Crystal Graham has worked for 25 years as a reporter and editor for several Virginia publications, written a book, and garnered more than a dozen Virginia Press Association awards for writing and graphic design. She was the co-host of "Viewpoints," a weekly TV news show, and co-host of "Virginia Tonight," a nightly TV news show, both broadcast on PBS. Her work on "Virginia Tonight" earned her a national Telly award for excellence in television. You can reach her at [email protected]

Latest News

ayanna walton
Virginia

Isle of Wight authorities seek help locating missing Smithfield woman

white house donald trump
Politics, U.S. & World

Developing: Another instance of shots fired in the vicinity of Trump

A gunman fired three shots at the White House around 6 p.m. Saturday, then was taken down in an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents.

patriot front virginia beach
Politics, Virginia

‘How welcoming’: White supremacist group marches down Virginia Beach Oceanfront

A group of dudes in khakis, navy blue shirts and white masks, carrying Confederate flags and 13-star American flags, the latter to signal that they’re White revolutionaries, marched down the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Saturday.

college football
Football

MAGA QB Jaxson Dart should just shut up and play football, right?

Kyle Busch
Etc.

Important lesson to learn from the Kyle Busch death: Listen to your body

Kyle Busch
Etc.

Update: NASCAR star Kyle Busch death caused by pneumonia, sepsis

vdot road
Local

VDOT: Local road work on the schedule for the week of May 25-29