Alex Carter, a 31-year-old Northeast DC man, was arrested today on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of Leroy Studevant.
Studevant was found dead in Marvin Gaye Park on New Years Eve, the victim of an apparent strangulation. He is considered the first homicide victim of 2012.
A press release from MPD is below.
May 18, 2012
Arrest Made in Homicide in the 4200 Block of Hunt Place, NE
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the strangulation and stabbing homicide of Leroy Studevant that occurred in the 4200 block of Hunt Place, NE.
On Saturday, December 31, 2011, shortly after 7:30 am, units from the Sixth District responded to the 4200 block of Hunt Place, NE for the report of an unconscious male near a creek under a pathway. Personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services also responded to the scene and determined the male had no signs of life. He was later pronounced dead by a member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. On Sunday, January 1, 2012, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death as homicide. The cause of death was ruled as strangulation associated with piercing blunt force trauma.
The decedent was identified as 56 year-old Leroy Studevant of Northeast, DC.
On Friday, May 18, 2012, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 31-year-old Alex Jerome Cater of Northeast, DC pursuant to an arrest warrant and charged him with Murder Two while Armed in the homicide of Leroy Studevant.
