Richard "Dale" Sword was found dead in a house in Manassas on Thursday, November 14. According to Sgt. Gio Barahona from Manassas police, Sword was found in a vacant house in the 1000 block of Dumfries Road.
While the autopsy for the cause of death is still underway, according to Barahona, Sword, who was homeless, was exposed to record-breaking cold the night before he was found dead. Temperatures dropped to 19 degrees on November 13, according to National Weather Service records.
“Our ministry served Dale for the past two and a half years, as he experienced homelessness. We will miss his smile and kind heart very deeply," states Manassas Hunger & Homeless Outreach Ministries on its Facebook page. "Dale was always positive, polite, warm and loving. He will be missed by all of us whose lives he touched.”
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