By
Laura Bream [former]
- October 27, 2021
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details A DC Superior Court judge disqualified the Public Defender Service (PDS) from representing a defendant in a reopened murder case. In 2017, Eugene Burns was convicted of first-degree murder while... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- October 30, 2017
Homicides
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details A fight between two friends ended in murder and now a conviction. Eugene Burns was sentenced by Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo to 31 years in prison for killing Onyekachi Osuchukwu III... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 24, 2017
Court
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Featured
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Homicides
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Details There were twelve homicides in the month of July, and three cases were put to rest with a guilty verdict or plea. Though there were the same number of homicides... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 23, 2017
Court
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Featured
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Homicides
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Details In the two-and-a-half years that D.C. Witness has been tracking homicides, there have only been five jury trials resulting in a guilty verdict. This summer saw a lot of cases... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 14, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details Eugene Burns, charged with the murder of his supposed best friend, Onyekachi Osuchukwu III, was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday. He faces a potential sentence of life in... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 12, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details The man charged with the murder of Onyekachi Osuchukwu III testified at his own trial that he shot his friend in self defense during an argument about their strategy for selling drugs.... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 10, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details Whether two cell phones could be used as evidence in the trial against Eugene Burns was the topic of much debate days before Burns heads to trial. Burns is charged... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 7, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details The man charged with killing his best friend, allegedly performed online searches on his phone in weeks prior to the murder such as “How to kill your best friend” and... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 7, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details A murder suspect’s father was arrested within the first five minutes of Thursday’s trial. Eugene Burns’ father, Eugene Burns Sr. was brought to the holding cells in the back of... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 5, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details A woman who picked up Onyekachi Osuchukwu III from the airport and drove him to a friend’s house where he was later killed testified at his murder suspect’s trial. Eugene Burns... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- January 25, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details A trial date has been set for suspect Eugene Burns in the murder of Onyekachi Osuchukwu, of California. Burns, who is being held without bail, will have his case go... Read More