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Forensic artist creates 3D likeness of victim in 1973 Loudoun County cold case
The bare details of a murder in Loudoun County, Virginia back in 1973 have come into a vivid three dimensions. A forensic artist has created a likeness of the victim in hopes it will help identify her. She’s no longer an abstract. She looks like she’s about to speak. Blood-stained scraps of fabric from the 1973 murder investigation were used…
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DC preschool director faces federal charges linked to Discord messages
The director of a prestigious preschool in Northwest D.C. faces federal charges after what prosecutors describe as his messages about child abuse on the app Discord.
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Fire closes Alexandria bookstore day after opening
The smashed and singed silk flowers, marble-topped bistro tables and purple shopping bags on the sidewalk in front of the building on South Saint Asaph Street in Old Town Alexandria hint at the atmosphere that had attracted people inside. Madame Coco’s Emporium and Everything Chocolate, Friends to Lovers Bookstore and Little Birdie’s Home and Gifts were all heavily damaged...
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Two Park Police officers cleared in 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar on GW Parkway
The Ghaisar family has said the officers violated their own policies by chasing Ghaisar, who was unarmed when they opened fire. The family did receive a $5 million settlement from the government last year in a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful death.
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Teen found near Metro vent in woods was shot to death, police say
The body of an 18-year-old last seen in late October was found in a wooded area near a Metro ventilation shaft for nearly two weeks before being discovered. Tuesday night, police confirmed the body found on Nov. 8 near the Anacostia Station is that of Alexander Pavón-Rios. Pavón-Rios was shot to death, D.C. police esaid. Family members said Pavón-Rios...
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Family safe after fire destroys Barnesville home
An overnight fire in the Barnesville area of Montgomery County destroyed a large family home, despite tanker trucks full of water brought in to fight the blaze. The occupants, three adults and three children, made it to safety from the fast moving fire. Images and radio transmissions from the Montgomery County Fire Department show the large house on Peachtree Road,…
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New evidence in shooting of Maryland celebrity chef
Celebrity chef Tobias Dorzon was shot and robbed in Hyattsville, shocking surveillance video shows. A woman he was with was also shot. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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‘Barbarous': Celebrity chef, companion shot in Hyattsville attack caught on camera
Celebrity chef Tobias Dorzon was shot then apparently robbed in Hyattsville, Maryland, shocking surveillance video shows.
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Teen charged in 14th Street NW beating investigated as possible hate crime
D.C. police arrested a teenage boy in the brutal beating of a man last month that’s being investigated as a hate crime.
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Maryland woman accused in $1,000 murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex
A 53-year-old woman from Germantown, Maryland, and a 40-year-old woman from Philadelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the 53-year-old’s ex-boyfriend, according to police.
