From the U.S. Attorney’s Office:
Man Sentenced to 66 Years in Prison For February 2008 Murder - Multiple Victims Targeted Following a Fight Inside Night Club -
WASHINGTON - Dane D. Owens, 28, was sentenced today to 66 years in prison for his role in the February 17, 2008 shooting outside Club Envy that killed 23 year-old Dusaan Scully, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
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We pointed earlier today to Washington’s Other Monuments photo of a memorial street shrine for Henry Kelly. The blog now has photos up of memorials for Vanessa McGee (photos) and Selina Knight (photos).
Do you have photos of street shrines that you’d like to share? Email us at homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com.
Marcus McLean pleaded innocent today in the stabbing death of Delando King, a gay D.C. man, on Aug. 8 at King’s apartment in the 1100 block of 10th Street Northwest.
His plea followed his formal arraignment on murder charges including felony murder while armed, first-degree murder while armed, robbery while armed and first degree theft while armed.
A felony status conference date is set in the case for May 12 and a jury trial is expected to begin on Nov. 7.
Following are scheduled court appearances for murder cases. This information is current as of Thursday, March 17 at 5:30 p.m. and will be re-verified throughout the week. Please remember that court dates can change, even at the last minute. To view the docket of a case please go to the D.C. Courts website and search by the defendant’s name. To add an item to the calendar, email homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com.
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Henry Kelly Buena Vista Terrace street shrine
Outside of the District, but interesting news today from Chicago.
In the Chicago Tribune this morning, Illinois legislators are considering a “murder registry,” much like a sex offender registry, to alert community members to murder parolees living in their neighborhood.
Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Elmhurst, a former Will County prosecutor who is the bill’s sponsor, said the murder registry would require murderers to stay on the list for 10 years after they leave prison.
DC Police are reporting that 26-year-old Ebony Denise Mack of Southeast DC was found suffering from a gunshot wound near the 3300 block of 15th Street SE early Wednesday morning.
Unit from the Seventh District responded to a residence on that block around 3:20 a.m. and found the woman “unconscious and unresponsive.” She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died.
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A murder case against 21-year-old Steven Cephas was indicted this week by a D.C. grand jury.
Cephas, accused in the traumatic injury death of Dominc Dwayne Kingsbury Jr., is expected to be arraigned on a first degree murder charge, a first degree cruelty to children charge, an obstruction of justice charge, and a charge that the offenses were committed during his release.
Cephas is due in court on April 5 to be arraigned. He has not yet had a preliminary hearing in the case.
The one-year anniversary of the violent South Capitol Street shooting that killed four people is due to be marked Tuesday with a vigil and walk.
A flier for the event is after the jump.
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Latisha Frazier
Latisha Frazier, an 18-year-old mother living in D.C. who was working full time at McDonalds, and trying to go back to school, disappeared last summer soon after a friend accused her of stealing money from him.
Authorities believe she was the victim of a brutal attack by six people. According to court documents, Frazier was beaten, stomped, bound, taped, gagged, prodded and choked. Her head was covered with a sheet. Tossed into a closet, she finally died. Her body was thrown into a dumpster.
In January and February 2011, six people were arrested on suspicion of killing Frazier in August 2010: Johnnie Sweet, 17; Cinthya Proctor, 18; Anneka Nelson, 16; Laurence Hassan, 23; Brian Gaither, 23; and Lanee Bell, 17. According to charging documents in the cases, all except Bell admitted to killing Frazier, detailing to police the gruesome ways they abused and injured her.
But while confessions have helped build the cases against the six defendants, one piece of evidence remains elusive.
Frazier’s body.
