Former US attorney Jessica Aber suspected to have died from 'natural causes': police

The erstwhile U.S. lawyer who was recovered dormant successful Alexandria, Virginia, implicit the play is believed to person died from "natural causes," according to police.

The assemblage of Jessica D. Aber, 43, was discovered astatine a location successful Alexandria connected Saturday, but the Alexandria Police Department accidental they person discovered nary grounds of foul play.

"At this time, detectives person recovered nary grounds suggesting that her decease was caused by thing different than earthy causes," constabulary said successful a connection Tuesday.

Authorities proceed to investigate, and constabulary accidental the lawsuit volition stay unfastened until the aesculapian examiner returns a last ruling connected her mode of death. Police besides urged the nationalist to respect the privateness of Aber's family.

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Jessica D. Aber is believed to person died from "natural causes," constabulary said. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Aber worked arsenic the U.S. lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2021 to 2025 earlier stepping down connected Jan. 20, the aforesaid time that President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

In her resignation letter, she called her relation "an grant beyond measure."

"I americium profoundly grateful to senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and to President Biden for the accidental to pb this bureau and to Attorney General Garland for his steadfast leadership," she wrote astatine the time, referring to the 2 senators representing Virginia. "I americium arrogant of the enactment we person done with our federal, authorities and section instrumentality enforcement partners to enforce the instrumentality and physique assemblage trust."

Jessica D. Aber resigned from her presumption connected Jan. 20. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)

During her tenure, she prosecuted cases involving leaks from the CIA and Russian nationals engaged successful fraud successful the U.S.

One of her biggest ineligible victories came past year, soon earlier her resignation, when ex-CIA expert Asif Rahman pleaded blameworthy to leaking top-secret documents astir an Israeli program to onslaught Iran.

Rahman was accused of posting documents astir Israel's onslaught past twelvemonth connected Telegram, starring the country's subject to clasp disconnected connected its archetypal plans.

FORMER US ATTORNEY JESSICA ABER, 43, FOUND DEAD AT VIRGINIA RESIDENCE: POLICE

Jessica D. Aber, 43, was recovered dormant connected Mar. 22. (U.S. Department of Justice Archives)

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Aber criticized Rahman’s actions arsenic a "violation of his oath, his responsibility, and the law" and said the leak "placed lives astatine risk, undermined U.S. overseas relations, and compromised our quality to cod captious quality successful the future."

In 2019, Aber received the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service.