Police said Johns was the caterer for the event, and Bonds was a seasonal employee of the Fairfax County Park Authority.
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Bonds is now being held without bond on the Second Degree Murder charge.
Eraena Seymore has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Johns” final expenses, writing in the fundraiser’s description: “CHEF Tyonne, was senselessly murdered on August 6, 2016 for standing up for what she believed. Cooking and loving were two of her greatest passions.
“Chairs took my friends life”.
Fairfax County police say a seasonal park worker fatally stabbed a woman who was catering a wedding at a county park in Chantilly. “She poured her soul into every dish she created drawing from past pain and the will to make something from nothing”, friend and business associate Kimberley Bush wrote. Spence tells WUSA9 she and her partner were there Saturday and described the victim as one of her best friends. They way he talked to us. “He knew he was going to hurt somebody”.
“Always there to hug you, love you and it’s just going to be very hard ’cause we’re so used to seeing her on Sunday”, said a Deacon of the church, Manuel Lawery-Perez.
Spence tells WUSA9 Bonds seemed wound-up and believes this could’ve been a crime motived by hate.
Police say that Bonds got into an argument earlier in the evening with Johns, who was the caterer for an event at the park at 5235 Walney Road. “She ordered chairs – CHAIRS took my friends life”.
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Nick Martin, a friend of the 19-year-old, told the Washington Post the violent incident was out of character for Bonds, who is a student at Northern Virginia Community College. “I feel not inclined to jump to any sort of conclusions right now”.
