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By
Varshana Ramnarine
- November 22, 2024
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A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by the prosecution on Nov. 22 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein.
Cory Brown, 43, was initially charged with first-degree murder while armed for his involvement in the murder of his girlfriend, 40-year-old Latasha Estep, with a crossbow on Aug. 20, 2020 on the 1900 block of Good Hope Road, SE.
According to court documents, a witness saw Brown outside of the victim’s apartment holding a knife, with a reddish brown stain on his shirt. When Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers entered their apartment for a welfare check, they subsequently found Estep face down and unresponsive with multiple puncture wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
During the hearing the prosecution explained that the defendant fired a crossbow repeatedly at the victim while inside their apartment resulting in injuries to her heart, kidney, liver, and multiple other body parts.
Through his defense attorney, Kevin Mosley, Brown accepted a plea agreement that required him to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in exchange for a dismissal of all other charges.
The parties agreed on a sentencing range of 12-to-15 years, with five years of supervised release.
The prosecution noted that the victim’s family opposed this plea agreement.
Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 12.