The Lansdowne woman who survived an attack that killed her husband is conscious and talking to authorities, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.

Cynthia Bennett, 55, a retired U.S. Army captain, told investigators at least four men were involved in the early morning assault last month. She was found along Riverside Parkway. Her husband, William Bennett, 57, a retired U.S. Army Green Beret and former contractor with the CIA, was found dead nearby.