Riddick, Vanessa Gail, 53

(Updated 28 Sep 2007)

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• Vanessa Gail Riddick, 53.
  
• Date: 31 Aug 2007, 5:21 pm
  
• Location: Prince Place, 10200 block, 20774 (7.095)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.835162 38.891503)
• Council District 6 (Dean).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Stabbed in her apartment
  
• Victim's address: Prince Place, 10200 block, 20774
  
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.835162 38.891503)
• Council District 6 (Dean).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 1 Sep 2007
  
• Post, 1 Sep 2007 (Weil).
• nbc4.com, 7 Sep 2007

Abercrombie, Frank Darnel, 16

(Updated 15 Aug 2008)

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Frank Darnel Abercombie, 16.

• Date: 29 Aug 2007, 1:52 am
  
• Location: Fox Run Drive, 10100 block, 20735 (7.094)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.878505 38.750579)
  
• Council District 9 (Bland).
• Legislative District 27A Miller, Proctor, Vallario.
• Shot outside a 7-Eleven
  
• Victim's address: Romney Court, 2300 block, 20785
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.900589 38.940631)
  
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 29 Aug 2007
• Gazette,
  
• Post, 29 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Arrest

• Andre Michael Beasely, 26.
• Arrested ca. 10 Oct 2007.
  
• Charge: First Degree Murder.
  
• Suspect's address:
  
• Suspect's address: Normandy Road, 7600 block, 20785
  
• (The same block as the residence of Eric Charles Bowie, 44, murdered four days before Abercrombie)
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.874731 38.922506)
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
• Police, 10 Oct 2007
• Convicted, 13 Aug 2008, First degree murder; sentencing scheduled for 10 Oct 2008.
• Sources:
• Examiner, 15 Aug 2008 (AP).
  
• nbc4.com, 15 Aug 2008
  

Guevara, Julio Ceasar, 37

(Updated 29 Sep 2007)

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Julio Ceasar Guevara, 37.

• Date: 25 Aug 2007, 4:00 am
  
• Location: Jonquil Avenue, 100 block, 20785 (7.092)
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.870939 38.891225)
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Stabbed, possible domestic
  
• Victim's address: Jonquil Avenue, 100 block, 20785
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.870939 38.891225)
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 25 Aug 2007, 27 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 30 Aug 2007 (Berger).
  
• Post, 26 Aug 2007 (Dickson).

Arrest

• Julio Cesar Harrarte, 36
• Charge: First degree murder
• Suspect's address: Jonquil Avenue, 100 block, 20785
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.870939 38.891225)
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 27 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 30 Aug 2007 (Berger).

Bowie, Eric Charles, 44

(Updated 28 Sep 2007)

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Eric Charles Bowie, 44.

• Date: 25 Aug 2007, 2:30 am
  
• Location: Penbrook Place, 7700 block, 20785 (7.093)
• (Within a half mile of police headquarters and at least seven other 2006 and 2007 murders)
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.873494 38.921673)
  
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Shot within two blocks of his home
  
• Victim's address: Normandy Road, 7600 block, 20785
• (Andre Michael Beasley, 26, of the same block has been arrested for the 29 Aug 2007 murder of Frank Darnel Abercombie, 16).
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.874731 38.922506)
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
• Police, 25 Aug 2007
• Examiner,
  
• Gazette, 27 Aug 2007 (Berger & McDermott)
  
• 30 Aug 2007 (Berger).
• Post, 26 Aug 2007 (Dickson).
• Times,
  

Savoy, Albert Calvin, 26

(Updated 29 Sep 2007)

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Albert Calvin Savoy, 26.

• Date: 24 Aug 2007, 9:00 pm
  
• Location: Dallas Place, 4600 block, 20748 (7.091)
• There have been at least eleven 2006 and 2007 murders within a mile of this location.)
  
• (Between one and two miles from DC, -76.948755 38.825424)
  
• Council District 7 (C. Exum).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Shot near home
  
• Victim's address: Dallas Place, 4700 block, 20748
• (Between one and two miles from DC, -76.948093 38.825949)
  
• Council District 7 (C. Exum).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 25 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 27 Aug 2007 (Berger & McDermott)
• 30 Aug 2007 (Berger).
• Post, 26 Aug 2007 (Dickson).

Hood, Claude Chester, 33

(Updated 29 Sep 2007)

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Claude Chester Hood, 33.

• Date: 18 Aug 2007, 12:11 am
  
• Location: Suitland Road, 4100 block, 20746 (7.090)
• (Within one mile of the DC line, -76.939200 38.854945)
  
• Council District 7 (C. Exum).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Stabbed
  
• Victim's address: Kennebec Street, 1100 block, 20745
• Location: Kennebec Street, 900 block, 20745 (7.010)
• (Within one mile of the DC line, )
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 18 Aug 2007
  
• Gazette, 20 Aug 2007 (McDermott).
  
• Post, 19 Aug 2007 (Weil & Williams).

Stover, Demetri Ray, 47

(Updated 5 Dec 2008)

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Demetri Ray Stover, 47.

• Assaulted: 18 Aug 2007
• Died: 24 Aug 2007
  
• Location: Prince George's County Jail, Dille Drive, 13400, 20772 (7.089)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.773524 38.823443)
• Council District 6 (Dean).
• Legislative District 25 (Currie, Braveboy, Davis, Griffith).
• Fight with another inmate in county jail
  
• Victim's address: Riverdale Road, 7501, 20784
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.881528 38.960753)
• Council District 3 (Olson).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 5 Sep 2007
• Gazette: No report!
  
• Post, 28 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux)
• 16 Aug 2008 (Cenziper & Castaneda).
  
• 5 Dec 2008 (Castaneda; long).
• Obituary: Post, 30 Aug 2007 (Online for 90 days).

Arrest

• Octuan Gant
• Charge: Manslaughter
• Sources:
• Post, 16 Aug 2008 (Cenziper & Castenada).

Gonzalez, Max, 59

(Updated 29 Sep 2007)

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Max Gonzalez, 59.

• Date: 15 Aug 2007, 10:00 pm
  
• Location: Beech Park Street, 9400 block, 20743 (7.087)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.843848 38.864379)
• Council District 6 (Dean).
• Legislative District 25 (Currie, Braveboy, Davis, Griffith).
• Shot near home
  
• Victim's address: Beech Park Street, 9400 block, 20743 (7.087)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.843848 38.864379)
• Council District 6 (Dean).
• Legislative District 25 (Currie, Braveboy, Davis, Griffith).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 16 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 16 Aug 2007 (Noble).
  
• Post, 15 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).
• 17 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Ross, Isaac, 38

(Updated 15 Oct 2007)

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Isaac Ross, 38.

• Date: 15 Aug 2007, 1:16 am
  
• Location: Rochelle Avenue, 1900 block, 20747 (7.088)
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.893821 38.863395)
• Council District 7 (C. Exum).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Shot
  
• Victim's address: Washington, DC, Bass Place SE, 5400 block
  
• Sources:
  
• Police, 15 Aug 2007, 16 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 15 Aug 2007 (McGill).
  
• 16 Aug 2007 (McGill).
  
• Post, 17 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Arrest

• Alex Delano Young, 22.
• Arrested 1 Oct 2007.
  
• Charge: Manslaughter (released on $5,000 bond)..
  
• Suspect's address: Washington, DC, Clay Terrace, 5300 block.
  
• Sources:
• Police, 12 Oct 2007
  

Unidentified female infant, 10 months

(Posted 27 Sep 2007)

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Unidentified female infant, 10 months

• Date: 10 Aug 2007, 3:34 pm
  
• Location: 15th Avenue, 8100 block, 20783 (7.097)
• As of 26 Sep 2007 there have been at least eight other murders this year within a half mile of this location.
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.981402 38.989572)
  
• Council District 2 (Campos).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Assaulted by juvenile babysitter
  
• Victim's address: 15th Avenue, 8100 block, 20783
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.981402 38.989572)
  
• Council District 2 (Campos).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Sources:
• Police, 16 Aug 2007
• Examiner,
  
• Gazette, 17 Aug 2007 (Berger).
  
• Post, 17 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).
• Times,
• nbc4.com, 17 Aug 2007 (most complete report)
  
• wjla.com, 16 Aug 2007
• wusa.com, 17 Aug 2007
  

Arrest

• Unidentified, 14.
• Arrested .
  
• Charge: Second degree murder (juvenile).
  
• Suspect's address: Not reported.
  
• ( , ).
  
• Council District .
  
• Legislative District .
  
• Sources:
• Police, 16 Aug 2007
• Gazette,
  
• Post, 17 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).
• nbc4.com, 17 Aug 2007 (most complete report)
  
• wjla.com, 16 Aug 2007
• wusa.com, 17 Aug 2007
  

Yakoub, Idris Mohamed Abdul, 22

(Updated 3 Oct 2007)

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Idris Mohamed Abdul Yakoub, 22.

• Date: 9 Aug 2007, 11:00 pm
  
• Location: Sheriff Road, 7100 block, 20785 (7.086)
• (Between one and two miles from DC, -76.884534 38.912825)
  
• Council District 5 (Harrington).
• Legislative District 24 (N. Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn).
• Found dead in burning vehicle
  
• Victim's address: Muirkirk Road, 9500 block, 20708
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.841944 39.061284)
  
• Council District 1 (Dernoga).
• Legislative District 23A (Peters, Hubbard, Levi).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 10 Aug 2007, 14 Aug 2007
• Gazette
  
• Post, 15 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).
  

Thomas, Kendrix Nikita, 28

(Updated 29 Sep 2007)

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Kendrix Nikita Thomas, 28.

• Date: 9 Aug 2007, 12:51 am
  
• Location: Surratts Road, 6600 block (7.085)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.893025 38.755815)
  
• Council District 9 (Bland)
• Legislative District 27A (Miller, Proctor, Vallario)
• Shot in his car by an acquaintance
  
• Victim's address: Edgewater, MD, Bayview Drive, 300 block
  
• Sources:
  
• Police, 9 Aug 2007
  
• Post, 10 Aug 2007 (Harris), 17 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Arrest

• Robert Alonzo Taylor, Jr., 26
• Arrested: 28 Aug 2007
• Charge: First Degree Murder
• Suspect's address: Victory Lane, 3000 block
• Sources:
  
• Police, 28 Aug 2007

Davis, Andrew Jacobi, 22

(Updated 2 Oct 2007)

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Andrew Jacobi Davis, 22.

• Date: 4 Aug 2007, 9:16 pm
  
• Location: Livingston Road, 6100 block, 20745 (7.084)
• (Within one mile of at least seven other 2007 murders).
  
• (Outside the Beltway, but within 2 miles of DC, -76.990424 38.805333).
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Shot in a robbery of Murry's Steaks
  
• Victim's address: Devonshire Drive, 1200 block, 20745
• (Outside the Beltway, but within 2 miles of DC, -76.985990 38.795595).
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Sources:
  
• Police, 7 Aug 2007
  
• Post, 7 Aug 2007 (Dickson).
• Obituary: Post, 11 Aug 2007 (Online for 90 days).
  

Scales, John Hester, III, 36

(Updated 8 Oct 2008)

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John Hester Scales, III, 36.

• Date: 2 Aug 2007, 6:56 pm
  
• Location: Simpson Lane, 8900 block, 20735 (7.083)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.883358 38.767759)
  
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Domestic, double homicide in two locations, see Tunja Unise Luckett, 36
  
• Victim's address: Not reported by police
  
• Sources:
• Police, 3 Aug 2007
• 3 Aug 2007 (Williams)
• Obituary: Post, 9 Aug 2007 (Online for 90 days).
  

Suspect

• Terris Terrell Luckett, 39
• Charge: First Degree Murder
• Suspect's Address: Lanham Lane, 7300 block, 20744
  
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.934656 38.788737)
  
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Arrested after jumping in front of a Metro train
  
• Sources:
  
• Police, 3 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 6 Aug 2007 (McDermott).

  The Fort Washington man police suspect of fatally shooting his wife and another man is in critical condition at an area hospital after trying to take his own life by jumping onto the tracks of an oncoming Metro train according to Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Police.
  
  Terris Terrell Luckett, 39, had to have his legs amputated because of serious trauma from jumping in front of a train at the Southern Avenue Metro Station in Temple Hills.

• Post, 3 Aug 2007 (Williams)
• 4 Aug 2007 Dickson)
  
• 10 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Update: Pr. George's man convicted in double-murder (Post, Castenada, 7 Oct 2010)

Luckett, Tunja Louise, 36

(Updated 8 Oct 2010)

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Tunja Unise Luckett, 36.

• Date: 2 Aug 2007, 6:42 pm
  
• Location: Lanham Lane, 7300 block, 20744 (7.082)
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.934656 38.788737)
  
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Domestic, double homicide in two locations, see John Hester Scales, III, 36
  
• Victim's address: Lanham Lane, 7300 block, 20744
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.934656 38.788737)
  
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Sources:
• Police, 3 Aug 2007
• 3 Aug 2007 (Williams)

Suspect

• Terris Terrell Luckett, 39
• Charge: First Degree Murder
• Suspect's Address: Lanham Lane, 7300 block, 20744
  
• (Outside the Beltway, -76.934656 38.788737)
  
• Council District 8 (Knotts).
• Legislative District 26 (Muse, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker).
• Arrested after jumping in front of a Metro train
  
• Sources:
  
• Police, 3 Aug 2007
• Gazette, 6 Aug 2007 (McDermott).

  The Fort Washington man police suspect of fatally shooting his wife and another man is in critical condition at an area hospital after trying to take his own life by jumping onto the tracks of an oncoming Metro train according to Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Police.
  
  Terris Terrell Luckett, 39, had to have his legs amputated because of serious trauma from jumping in front of a train at the Southern Avenue Metro Station in Temple Hills.

• Post, 3 Aug 2007 (Williams)
  
• 4 Aug 2007 Dickson)
• 10 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).

Update: Pr. George's man convicted in double-murder (Post, Castenada, 7 Oct 2010) 

Fils-Aime, Julia, 21

(Posted 12 Sep 2007)

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Julia Fils-Aime, 21.

• Date: 1 Aug 2007, 8:30 pm
  
• Location: 16th Avenue and Cypress Creek Drive (Chillum Park), 20782 (7.081)
• (Within one mile of the DC line, -76.978457 38.957726)
• Council District 2 (Campos).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Shot during attempted robbery
  
• Victim's address: 23rd Place, 6900 block, 20783
  
• Sources:
• Police, 2 Aug 2007
  
• Post, 2 Aug 2007, 3 Aug 2007 (Rondeaux).