In Brief:
- A 15-year-old girl accused of killing 18-year-old Anacostia High School student Garey Gordon pleaded “involved” to involuntary manslaughter charges in the case, HWDC learned this week. The plea is the equivalent to a guilty plea in adult courts.
- Body parts found in New York earlier in the month were identified as belonging to Jessica Taylor, a woman who was 20-years-old when she was reported missing from DC in 2003. Her torso was found that same year and identified as hers.
- Jermaine Anderson, a 19-year-old NE DC man, was shot Sunday and died of his injuries. He was shot at about 1 a.m. in the 1800 block of Central Place NE.
- Robert Givens, 18, pleaded innocent this week to charges that he shot and killed 19 year-old Sean Robinson in Adams Morgan in August. He was indicted on a charge of first degree murder in the case.
- Vernon McRae was sentenced last week to five years in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of his stepfather, Michael Washington, during a drunken argument in October, Homicide Watch D.C. learned this week.
- Moeconi Crutchfield, a 30-year-old Southeast D.C. man was shot and killed Wednesday night behind a pizza joint in the 2400 block of Minnesota Ave., SE.
- D.C. police officially classified the 1999 death of Joyce Chiang, an Immigration and Naturalization Service lawyer, as a homicide. However, police said they did not have enough evidence to prosecute anyone in the case, and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the case was considered closed.
