Bellevue Homicide Victim Identified as Tawana Barnes-Copeland

Tawana Copeland Facebook photo

A woman stabbed to death in her Southwest D.C. apartment has been identified as 41-year-old Tawana Barnes-Copeland. While identified in media reports as Tawanna Barnes-Copeland, her Facebook profile uses the names Tawana Copeland.

ABC 7 News reports Copeland was an employee of Georgetown University Hospital and mother of three daughters.

Copeland’s Facebook page indicates that she was a 1987 graduate of Ballou High School.

Afternoon Links Round-Up

Metro Police are investigating two homicides in Southwest D.C.

One victim is believed to be a teenage boy who lived in a nearby group home. The other victim is believed to be a woman.

Here’s a links roundup of the cases:Read more

Wednesday Morning Homicide Near Nationals Park

The Washington Post and TBD report that Metro Police are investigating a homicide in the1300 block of Half St. SW near Nationals Park.

They report officers responded to the address at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.

No other details are immediately available.

It is the second report of a homicide in Southwest D.C. in the past twelve hours.

Police Investigating Homicide in D.C.’s Bellevue Neighborhood

Metro Police are investigating a homicide in the unit block of Galveston Place, SW, The Washington Post reports.

WUSA9 reports that the woman died in a stabbing attack and that police do not have information to release about what lead to the attack or who any suspects might be.

According to Examiner.com, the victim is a woman found dead in an apartment, possibly with a cut on her neck.

The homicide occurred around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday night, the Post reports.