The family of Antonio Ricardo Bailey, of Manassas, was shocked at his death this week.
After a horrific act that brought the Bailey family's world to a standstill, they were left with that unanswerable question: Why? Why was Antonio Ricardo Bailey—"the joy of my life," his mother called him—dead at age 44? Why would Bailey's friend, Richard Dale Sword, and Richard's brother Gerry Lee Sword, take him out for what was supposed to be a simple trip to the grocery store—then, according to police, allegedly murder Bailey and set his body on fire in a Manassas parking lot? "That's what we need, closure," said Shemaine Scott, Bailey's sister. It will take time to find the answers to those questions, if they ever can. Manassas City Police continue to investigate the crime. Police officers arrested and charged the Sword brothers with…
Manassas City Police charged two brothers in the murder of a Manassas area man. There is no indication the crime was racially motivated.
The two men accused of the murder of a Manassas man allegedly set him on fire after they dumped his body in a parking lot, Manassas City Police said Wednesday. Richard Dale Sword, 50, of the 6200 block of Pioneer Drive in Springfield, and Gerry Lee Sword, 49, of no fixed address in Springfield, were arrested Tuesday evening and subsequently charged with first-degree murder. They are accused of murdering Antonio Ricardo Bailey, 44, of Smithfield Road in the Manassas area. Bailey's body was found early Tuesday morning in a vacant parking lot on Church Street in Manassas. "The accused men were identified through investigation and later observed on security video putting Mr. Bailey into a van owned by Richard Sword. Richard Sword was then …
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stephanie
8:21 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Loved Uncle Tony. Hr was so loving with such a big heart. Always could put a smile on your face and give u a good laugh. Such a good person gone too soon. My prayers go to family. more ›