How Justin Fairfax’s ‘Toxic’ Home Life Cruelly Victimized His ‘Gifted’ Teen Kids Before Murder-Suicide

Ex-Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and wife Cerina’s teen children were blessed from birth with sharp intellects and impressive athletic prowess, but for years suffered under the crushing weight of their parents’ toxic marriage and a father whose life and mental state were in freefall.

Court documents describe Cameron, 16, and his kid sister Carys, 14, as “hard-working” students who “perform to high academic standards” at top-notch private schools.

Both are also “gifted athletes” who play on school and travel teams – Cameron is the captain of Gonzaga College High School’s basketball team, while Carys is a stand-out athlete at St. Paul VI High School, where she plays varsity lacrosse.

Cerina, 49, had been the children’s primary caregiver their entire lives – their “port in the storm” as their parents’ marriage slowly fell apart, the documents state, noting their particularly “tight bond” with their dentist mother.

But while the teens were excelling in every aspect of their lives, a malevolent force was simmering inside their father as his political career and personal life hit the skids following multiple accusations of sexual assault. (Read more from “How Justin Fairfax’s ‘Toxic’ Home Life Cruelly Victimized His ‘Gifted’ Teen Kids Before Murder-Suicide” HERE)

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