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Details A prosecutor told DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on June 28 that he was still working towards an indictment for a murder defendant accused of stabbing another man nine... Read More

Judge Denies Request for 2nd Competency Evaluation

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denies the defense’s request for a second competency evaluation for Joseph Melton. Melton, 53, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with... Read More

Homicide Defendant Requests Mental Health Treatment

Details A homicide defendant’s lawyer requested June 16 that his client receive mental health treatment after witnessing the death of a fellow inmate. Ronald Miller, 43, is accused of stabbing his former... Read More

Document: DC Homicide Suspect Apprehended in Arizona

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 7, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department announced that a homicide suspect has been arrested in Arizona. At approximately 8:50 p.m. on March 23, 2021, officers responded to the 1500 block of Ogden... Read More

Defendant Indicted in Homicide Case

Details A defendant who is charged in two separate homicide cases was indicted on multiple charges in his first case. Antoine Turner, 28, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder... Read More

Document: Woman Fatally Stabbed in Northeast, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal stabbing of a woman in Northeast, DC. At approximately 12:53 p.m. on May 10, officers responded to the Unit block of P... Read More

April Homicides Decrease Two-Thirds from March

Details D.C. Witness data shows an approximately 67 percent decrease in homicides in April from the previous month. There were nine recorded homicides in April, down from the 15 homicides recorded... Read More

Document: 59 Year Old Stabbed to Death in Northwest, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 59-year-old man in Northwest, DC. At approximately 2:49 a.m. on May 4, officers responded to the 3000 block of... Read More

Domestic Homicide Case Has Enough Evidence to Go to Trial, Judge Rules

Details A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a domestic homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial, ordering that the defendant remain detained at DC Jail as he awaits... Read More

Murder Case to be Retried

Details Less than two weeks after jurors in a murder trial delivered a partial verdict, a DC Superior Court judge set a retrial date. Marquette Jordan is accused of stabbing 40-year-old... Read More

Document: Suspect Arrested After Woman Fatally Stabbed in Northeast, DC

Details A man was arrested in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing that police believe was domestic in nature. At approximately 2:52 a.m. on April 27, officers responded to the 1500... Read More

Jury in Murder Trial Delivers Partial Verdict, Again

Details A jury found Marquette Jordan not guilty of first-degree murder while armed in the death of Ivan Lynch. They are still deliberating over the lesser-included charge of second-degree murder while... Read More