NPR this weekend reported a story about the death of Catherine Fuller in 1984 and the new information that has prompted a DC Superior Court Judge to schedule a hearing for the case for this fall.
Reports Carrie Johnson for Morning Edition:
In the fall of 1984, in a rain-soaked alley in Washington, D.C., a street vendor found a tiny woman lying dead on the floor of a garage.
She was Catherine Fuller, a mother of six, who left home to run a quick errand and never came back. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and killed all within sight of a busy public street.
The murder horrified and frightened the city. Over the next few months, police arrested 17 people in connection with the crime.
Now, a review by the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project is exposing doubts about the police investigation — and raising questions about whether one of the young men who was convicted really took part in the attack.
Jeffrey Yarnell Covington was shot to death in Southeast DC early Saturday morning. Family and friends have shared memories, including this photo on Facebook and Twitter.
Memorial messages are after the jump. Leave your own memories in the comments section at the end of this post. Read more
Today marks 4 months to the day that my son 20 year old Henry Kelly was murderd in this city. I Love & Miss my son so much. Everyday is a struggle for me & my family wondering why, his young life had to be taken away. Like every parent or family member of a homicide victim the pain never ends.
MPD announced this morning that 19-year-old Terrell Patton of Southeast DC was arrested Saturday in connection with a 2009 shooting that killed 20-year-old Deuante Ray.
Patton is the second person arrested in connection with the case. In November a person was arrested and charged with first degree murder while armed in Ray’s death.
MPD has identified the man killed early Saturday morning in Southeast DC as 19-year-old Jeffrey Yarnell Covington from Upper Marlboro, Md.
MPD’s press release is below.
July 2, 2011
Homicide: 600 block of 46th Place, SE
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 600 block of 46th Place, SE.
On Saturday July 2, 2011, at approximately 1:30 am, units from the Sixth District responded to shooting in the 600 block of 46th Place, SE. Upon arriving on the scene, officers located an adult male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injury and was pronounced dead. Read more
An early morning shooting has killed a man in Southeast DCWUSA and NBC Washington reports.
They say police were called to the 600 block of 46th Pl. SE at about 1:30 a.m. for a report of a shooting. There they found an adult male with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He died at a local hospital and has not yet been identified.
Robert Foster was killed in a shooting following the Caribbean Festival in Northwest DC last Saturday. Terry Jimenez was arrested later in the week and charged with second-degree murder in the case.
Solomon Reese of Southeast DC was killed Monday night in a Southeast DC shooting. No arrests have been announced.
John David Bolton was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Christopher Fletcher in Southeast DC on May 24. He is suspected of first degree murder while armed.
Nardyne Jeffries’ lawsuit on the South Capitol Street “massacre” that left her daughter, Brishell Jones, and three others dead is now available online.
NBC Washington reports this weekend on a sad anniversary for the family of John Pernell. On Sunday it will be one year since he was gunned down at a neighborhood cookout in a botched robbery attempt. No suspects have been arrested in the case.
Cederick Shuler was arraigned in DC Superior Court yesterday on two murder charges, one for the 1998 killing of Renee Best and the other for the 1999 killing of Edward Gray.
Prosecutor Amanda Haines said both victims were innocent bystanders and that she expects charges to be filed in a third murder soon.
Fox5’s Paul Wagner reports on Shuler in the video below.
Homicide Watch is a community-driven reporting project covering every murder in the District of Columbia. Using original reporting, court documents, social media, and the help of victims’ and suspects’ friends, family, neighbors and others, we cover every homicide from crime to conviction. Read more…
Today marks 4 months to the day that my son 20 year old Henry Kelly was murderd in this city. I Love 
