ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jessica Aber, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead Saturday morning at a home in Alexandria, Virginia.
CBS News reports that officers with the Alexandria Police Department were called to the home a little after 9:15 a.m. regarding an unresponsive woman. The home was located about six miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
They found 43-year-old Aber dead at the scene. It was not immediately clear if the home belonged to Aber, or who had contacted police.
No further details were provided.
Aber was a Virginia native. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Richmond and received her law degree from William & Mary Law School. She started serving the Eastern District in 2009 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
She was nominated for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by President Biden in August of 2021 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October.
Aber announced her resignation as the region's top prosecutor in January when President Trump took office.
Her successor Erik Siebert released a statement Saturday following her passing.
"We are heartbroken beyond words to learn of the passing of our friend and former colleague, U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber," said Siebert. "She was unmatched as a leader, mentor, and prosecutor, and she is simply irreplaceable as a human being. We remain in awe of how much she accomplished in her all too brief time in this world."
The Virginia medical examiner's office will determine her cause of death.
