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Document: Suspect Arrested for Murder

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested a suspect in connection with a Jan. 31 homicide.

At around 12:21 a.m. that day, officers responded to the 1100 block of Bellevue Street, SE for the report of a woman down on a sidewalk.

There, they found 30 year-old Brenea Audrice Franklin suffering from a severe laceration. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

On April 2, 43 year-old James Lewis was arrested for second-degree murder while armed.


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