vanessa pham was found stabbed to death in h vehicle last month. the vehicle was in a ditch off gallows road. it happened not far away. pat collins isn virginia with more on this. >> reporter: it is a bizarre attempted robbery on lee highway. is it somehow linked to the murder of vanessa pham? no, say pice. but -- woman robbed while sitting in traffic. ordinarily cops say they wouldn't talk about an attempted crime like this. but because it happen close by the vanessa pham murder scene, they're talking. and showing sketces of the suspect just in case. >> now this goes back to september 8th, 4:30 in the afternoon. lee highwa aoman stopped at a red light. a man two cars back gets out of is car. walks up to the woman. pretends he has a weapon. demands money. the light turns green. other cars start to honk. the woman takes off. the man, he walks back to his car. empty-handed. what kind of guy would do a bbery like that? >> a pretty stupid guy, i would think. >> a dummy. >> desperate. >> he got what he deserved. noing. >> reporter: again, this is the sk

vanessa pham found stabbed to death in her car last month off gallows road. the attempted robbery happened not far away onmarilee drive. pat collins reports. >> reporter: woman daily robbed while sitting in traffic. ordinarily cops say they wouldn't talk about an attempted crime like this. but because it happened close by the vanea pham murder scene, they're talking and showing sketch of the suspect just in case. this goes back to september the eighth. 4:30 in the afrnoon. lee highway and marilee drive. a woman is stopped at a red light. a man two cars back gets out of his car. walks up to the woman, pretends he has a weapon. demands money. the light turns green. other cars start to honk. the woman takes off. the man, he walks back to his car. empty handed. what kind of gu would do a robbery like that? >> a pretty stupid guy, i would think. >> a dummy. >> desperate. >>he got what he deserved. nothing. >> reporter: again, this is the sketch of the suspect in that almost robbery. and again, it happened about a mile from her vanessa pham was killed back in june.

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