Probable Cause Found in Case Against Tracy Mathis in the Stabbing Death of India Chapple

In a preliminary hearing Monday, Judge Russell Canan ordered Tracy Mathis to be held without bond after the court found probable cause to believe the charge of second-degree murder. Mathis is suspected of stabbing and killing India Chapple in his home on April 19 in Southeast Washington. Judge Canan said although the defense argued convincingly … Read more →

Comment of the Day: “India please know that you are in a place without harm or hurt, no pain, pure happiness and peace.”

TANIKA writes about India Chapple, 26, who died from a stab wound last Saturday in Southeast D.C. Ms. India Chapple you were an amazing person. I had the pleasure of meeting you at my daughter’s school. We would talk whenever I would see you. I thought back on the day our cars got booted and … Read more →

Tracy Mathis Held in Connection with Stabbing Death of India Chapple

Tracy Mathis, 30, was held without bond Monday on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old India Chapple, a woman that he had two children with. Charging documents say Chapple was found on April 19 at approximately 2:19 a.m. lying on the ground outside of Mathis’s apartment building, conscious with … Read more →

Tracy Mathis Arrested in Early Morning SE DC Stabbing Death of India Chapple

A 26-year-old Southeast DC woman was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning; police identified her as India Chapple. Police said they responded to a call for an unconscious person in the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road Southeast shortly after 2 a.m. Chapple was transported to a hospital before she died of her injuries. Later Saturday morning, … Read more →

Tracy Mathis

  • Arrested: April 19, 2014
  • Age: 31
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Black

Pleaded guilty in the April 19, 2014, death of India Chapple.