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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- February 22, 2019
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During a hearing Feb. 21, a murder defendant pleaded guilty to stabbing his father to death.
David Blakeney, Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for his role in the death of his 53-year-old father, David Blakeney, Sr. on the 1200 block of Stevens Road, SE in 2017. According to the prosecution, the father’s family found him in his bathtub.
Per the terms of the plea agreement, Blakeney’s first-degree murder charge will be downgraded to second-degree murder. The prosecution also agreed to drop a threat to do bodily injury charge from an unrelated 2017 case.
According to court documents, members of the defendant’s family said Blakeney, 27, and his father argued a lot with one another. The family also said Blakeney and his father had gotten into physical altercations in the past.
Police reported that during an interrogation, Blakeney appeared to drink his own urine. Officers also said Blakeney appeared to be having an “imaginary conversation with his mother.” Blakeney said his mother killed his father, documents state.
D.C. Witness previously reported that a report from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, D.C.’s psychiatric hospital, stated that Blakeney was mentally competent and could be held criminally responsible for his actions. Apparently, Blakeney chose to waive his right to an insanity defense, according to court documents.
Blakeney is scheduled to be sentenced on May 17.