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Hattie Saal [former]
- July 20, 2023
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On July 20, Ron Wright pled not-guilty to his involvement in a 1992 homicide.
Wright, 48, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed and felony murder in the alleged brutal homicide of 19-year-old Ricardo Burbano on March 31, 1992 on the 100 block of Q Street, NW.
Wright is accused of strangling, beating, and stabbing Burbano, forcibly removing teeth and fingernails, and cutting off a finger tip before disposing of Burbano’s body in a plastic sheet and comforter on the 900 block of Chillum Road in Hyattsville, MD.
After Burbano’s blood was found in Wright’s apartment during a 2002 investigation, Wright was identified as a person of interest in the homicide.
However, inconclusive DNA results left the case unresolved until Wright’s arrest in 2022.
Wright pled not-guilty to all charges in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe and asserted his right to a speedy trial.
Parties are scheduled to return to court on Oct. 26.
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