Document: Woman Killed in Northwest Fire

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 29, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a fire that left a woman dead on Oct. 30, 2022, on the 1600 block of Park Road, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers and firefighters responded to the location for the report of a fire inside a residential building, where they located three individuals suffering from fire and smoke related injuries. They were transported to a local hospital for treatment.

One of them, a woman, succumbed to her injuries on Nov. 4, 2022. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) ruled the cause of death to be complications of thermal and inhalation injuries and ruled the manner of death a homicide.

The victim was identified as 45-year-old Maria Lopez.

MPD is offering a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the homicide.