Document: Suspect Arrested in Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested a suspect in connection with a May 10 homicide.

At about 2:08 p.m. police responded to the 2600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, due to reports of an unconscious person. The victim, 46-year-old Georgette Banks, was pronounced dead on scene from stab wounds.

On July 8, police arrested 53-year-old David Maurice Rhodes and charged him with first-degree murder.

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