Newsmax Makeup Artist Murdered Inside Virginia Home, Son Charged

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  • Logan Chrisinger is accused of fatally shooting his mother, Travis Renee Baldwin

  • Baldwin worked as a makeup artist for Newsmax and Greta Van Susteren

  • Chrisinger is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated malicious wounding and using a firearm in the commission of a felony

A Virginia man is accused of murdering his mother, a Newsmax makeup artist who worked for Greta Van Susteren.

Police in Arlington, Va., accused Logan Chrisinger, 27, of having shot and killed his mother, Travis Renee Baldwin, 57, inside a residence on Aug. 17.

Officers were called to the home on the morning of the 17th after a report of a shooting.

"Upon arrival, officers located an adult female inside a residence suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," Arlington County police said. "Officers administered lifesaving measures before medics transported her to a local hospital. She later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital."

Police described the shooting as a "domestic-related homicide."

Chrisinger was on scene when police arrived, according to the department. He is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated malicious wounding and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

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It is not immediately clear if Chrisinger has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

"What sadness ... my Newsmax make up artist of 3 1/2 years, and years at [ABC] and [ESPN] etc. and a friend to all of her colleagues…was murdered over the weekend…she did my make up Friday for the show and of course I never dreamed that would be the last time I would see her…," Van Susteren said in a post on X.

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