Trial Continues For 2017 Homicide in Northeast DC

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 1, 2019
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During trial on Feb. 28, a witness testified that he had one of two keys to a murder victim’s apartment.

El Hadji Alpha Madiou Toure is charged with first-degree murder while armed and first-degree sexual abuse, among other offenses, for his alleged role in the death of 34-year-old Corrina Mehiel on the 600 block of 14th Street, NE in 2017. According to court documents, Mehiel was stabbed multiple times in her apartment and her wounds were consistent with torture.

A witness who knew Mehiel testified that he arranged for Mehiel to stay in his apartment after he moved out because he could not get out of the lease agreement.

The witness said he still had a key to the apartment at the time of Mehiel’s death. The witness also said there were no openings in the courtyard of the apartment that would allow a person to enter the residence from the back.

Another witness, who was a close friend of Mehiel, said she spoke with Mehiel and her boyfriend weeks before the murder and that “things seemed fine” between them.

Surveillance video and bank records indicate that a man, who was driving a blue Toyota Prius, attempted to withdraw money from Mehiel’s bank account.

According to court documents, Mehiel’s vehicle, a blue Prius, was missing from her residence after her murder. Prosecutors said Toure stole the vehicle shortly after her death. A murder weapon was never found.

The trial is scheduled to continue on March 4.