Defense Seeks Independent Testing in Homicide Case

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A homicide defendant’s attorney alerted DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan that they plan to independently test DNA evidence during a hearing on March 21. 

Wonell A. Jones Jr., 37, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Audora Williams, the mother of his children, on the 2000 block of Knox Place SE, on July 19, 2023.

Parties are scheduled to reconvene on Sept. 26, 2025.