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⚫	On June 30, 1994, in ], '''Michael David Clagett''' and his girlfriend '''Denise Holsinger''' entered a local bar where Holsinger formerly worked as a waitress. The couple robbed and murdered four people, consisting of the bar's owner Lam Van Son, the bar's two employees Wendell G. Parish Jr. and Karen Sue Rounds, and bar patron Abdelaziz Gren. Clagett and Holsinger were both arrested and charged with multiple counts of capital murder, and for these charges, Holsinger was sentenced to life in prison while Clagett was ]. Six years after committing the slayings, Clagett was executed by the electric chair on July 6, 2000.
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		⚫	On June 30, 1994, in ], '''Michael David Clagett''' and his girlfriend '''Denise Holsinger''' entered a local bar where Holsinger formerly worked as a waitress. The couple robbed and murdered four people, consisting of the bar's owner Lam Van Son, the bar's two employees Wendell G. Parish Jr. and Karen Sue Rounds, and bar patron Abdelaziz Gren. Clagett and Holsinger were both arrested and charged with multiple counts of capital murder, and for these charges, Holsinger was sentenced to life in prison while Clagett was ]. Six years after committing the slayings, Clagett was executed by the electric chair on July 6, 2000.

	==Murders==		==Murders==
			===Slayings and motive===
			On June 30, 1994, a couple entered a local bar at ], where they shot and killed four people during an armed robbery.

			Prior to the slayings, Denise R. Holsinger, one of the robbers responsible, was formerly employed as a waitress at the bar in question.



			After the shootings, Holsinger and Clagett left the bar with approximately $400 taken from the cash register. The four victims — 42-year-old bar owner Lam Van Son, 31-year-old newly hired waitress Karen Sue Rounds, 32-year-old cook Wendel G. "J.R." Parrish Jr., and 35-year-old patron Abdelaziz "Aziz" Gren — died as a result of the shooting.

			===Victims===
			The owner, Lam Van Son (1952 – June 30, 1994), was a Vietnamese immigrant who fought for the ] during the ], but after the ] in 1975, Son was detained at a re-education camp at the end of the war, before he fled to Thailand by boat and immigrated to the U.S. Son first met his wife Lanna Le Son in ]; Lanna herself was also a Vietnamese refugee who fled from South Vietnam two days before the end of the war. The couple married in 1988 after five years of engagement, and together, they had one son. Son was the owner of three taverns, including the one where his death occurred.

			Like Lam, Abdelaziz Gren (1959 – June 30, 1994), who was born in ], immigrated to the U.S. for a better life, and first settled in Virginia Beach since 1982. Gren, who completed his college education in Morocco, spoke fluent Arabic, French and English and planned to build his own company that mainly took charge of attracting Moroccan and French businesses to the U.S. Gren, however, died before the U.S. government approved papers for him to begin his business venture.

			Karen Rounds (June 3, 1963 – June 30, 1994) formerly worked as a nurse before she was hired as a waitress, replacing Holsinger after she was laid off from her job.

			Wendel Parrish Jr. (August 7, 1961 – June 30, 1994)

	==Trials of Clagett and Holsinger==		==Trials of Clagett and Holsinger==
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	==Execution of Clagett==		==Execution of Clagett==
			Six years after the murders,





			On July 6, 2000, 39-year-old Michael David Clagett was put to death by the electric chair.

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1994 mass murder in a bar in Virginia Beach, Virginia

1994 Virginia bar murders
Location	Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Date	June 30, 1994
Attack type	Murders by shooting
Victims	4
Convicted	Michael David Clagett, 33 Denise Holsinger, 29
Verdict	Guilty
Convictions	Capital murder Multiple homicide murder
Sentence	Clagett Death Holsinger Life imprisonment

On June 30, 1994, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Michael David Clagett and his girlfriend Denise Holsinger entered a local bar where Holsinger formerly worked as a waitress. The couple robbed and murdered four people, consisting of the bar's owner Lam Van Son, the bar's two employees Wendell G. Parish Jr. and Karen Sue Rounds, and bar patron Abdelaziz Gren. Clagett and Holsinger were both arrested and charged with multiple counts of capital murder, and for these charges, Holsinger was sentenced to life in prison while Clagett was sentenced to death. Six years after committing the slayings, Clagett was executed by the electric chair on July 6, 2000.

Murders

Slayings and motive

On June 30, 1994, a couple entered a local bar at Virginia Beach, Virginia, where they shot and killed four people during an armed robbery.

Prior to the slayings, Denise R. Holsinger, one of the robbers responsible, was formerly employed as a waitress at the bar in question.

After the shootings, Holsinger and Clagett left the bar with approximately $400 taken from the cash register. The four victims — 42-year-old bar owner Lam Van Son, 31-year-old newly hired waitress Karen Sue Rounds, 32-year-old cook Wendel G. "J.R." Parrish Jr., and 35-year-old patron Abdelaziz "Aziz" Gren — died as a result of the shooting.

Victims

The owner, Lam Van Son (1952 – June 30, 1994), was a Vietnamese immigrant who fought for the South Vietnamese military during the Vietnam War, but after the fall of Saigon in 1975, Son was detained at a re-education camp at the end of the war, before he fled to Thailand by boat and immigrated to the U.S. Son first met his wife Lanna Le Son in Lynchburg, Virginia; Lanna herself was also a Vietnamese refugee who fled from South Vietnam two days before the end of the war. The couple married in 1988 after five years of engagement, and together, they had one son. Son was the owner of three taverns, including the one where his death occurred.

Like Lam, Abdelaziz Gren (1959 – June 30, 1994), who was born in Morocco, immigrated to the U.S. for a better life, and first settled in Virginia Beach since 1982. Gren, who completed his college education in Morocco, spoke fluent Arabic, French and English and planned to build his own company that mainly took charge of attracting Moroccan and French businesses to the U.S. Gren, however, died before the U.S. government approved papers for him to begin his business venture.

Karen Rounds (June 3, 1963 – June 30, 1994) formerly worked as a nurse before she was hired as a waitress, replacing Holsinger after she was laid off from her job.

Wendel Parrish Jr. (August 7, 1961 – June 30, 1994)

Trials of Clagett and Holsinger

Execution of Clagett

Six years after the murders,

On July 6, 2000, 39-year-old Michael David Clagett was put to death by the electric chair.