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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- December 14, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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A man was arrested on Dec. 14 in connection with the killing of Jerimi Meade.
Eunise Roosevelt Melton, 62, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly killing Meade on July 15, 2016. Officers arrived on the 400 block of Burbank St., SE after a park service employee found Meade’s body. The man was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner where the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Jan. 26.