Nicholas Giampa, who was charged in the 2017 deaths of his girlfriend’s parents, was found unconscious in his cell at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC). After attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead. Authorities said they are conducting an investigation to find the cause of his death.
The Faifax County Sheriff’s Department reported that Nicholas Giampa, 24, was found unconscious early Thursday morning, August 22. First aid was attempted, but was unable to be helped and he was declared dead.
“This morning at approximately 1:58 a.m., Nicholas Giampa, 24, was found unresponsive in his single cell at the ADC. Officers immediately began performing life-saving measures,” the Faifax County Police Department (FCPD) said.
“Giampa was pronounced dead at the ADC. Detectives continue to investigate Giampa’s death and preliminary foul play is not suspected,” the statement added.
Detectives with the Major Crimes Bureau said they are conducting an investigation into the death of Giampa, who has been in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center since 2018, charged with the murder of Buckley Kuhn-Fricker and Scott Fricker in 2017.
What happened?
Giampa’s criminal history dates back to when he was 17 and his girlfriend was 16, but her parents had forbidden her from having a relationship with him because he associated with neo-Nazis online, as well as the fact that he had been charged as a minor with possession of child pornography, according to official documents published by The Hill in 2022.
The teenage couple had made an alleged suicide pact after their parents ordered them to end the relationship, and said they wanted to “hurt” her parents.
Shot in the head for each one
On Dec. 22, 2017, Giampa entered the house with a security code his girlfriend had given him while the Frickers were asleep. But that day, they went to check on their daughter in her bedroom and found her with Giampa, who took the gun and shot each of them in the head.
After killing the men, Giampa placed the gun to his girlfriend’s head, but the trigger did not fire. When he placed the gun to his head, the shot was fired and hit her in the forehead.
He survived after weeks in a coma
Giampa survived, after spending weeks in a hospital in an induced coma. When he woke up, interrogations began, but according to official documents, the suspect was uncoordinated and confused the facts.
After a few months, the authorities decided to try him as an adult and the entire case file was closed to the public at the request of the prosecutors and the defense.
Nicholas Giampa was charged in 2019 with two counts of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was held in the county jail from January 19, 2018, to August 22, 2024.
According to court records, Giampa was scheduled to face a criminal jury trial on Jan. 6, 2025.
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