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

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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 block of Benning Road, NE, for the report of a stabbing. They found 39-year-old Ladonia Boggs suffering from an apparent stab wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

That same day, 44-year-old Carl Jones was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.