After more than two years of mental health treatment, Michael Davis has been found incompetent to stand trial for a third time. He is being held in connection with a series of hammer attacks in Petworth, one of which killed Gary Dederichs. Davis, brother of NFL stars Vernon and Vontae Davis, was ruled competent to … Read more →
In the nine months since Michael Davis was found competent to stand trial, letters from Saint Elizabeths hospital show Davis continuing to confuse legal concepts with each other. Now his attorneys are attempting to convince the court to halt trial proceedings, arguing that Davis can not participate fully in his defense and should perhaps be … Read more →
Judge Robert Morin ruled Tuesday that after nearly a year of mental health treatment Michael Davis is competent to stand trial for a series of hammer attacks that took place over three days last year, one of which resulted in the death of 66-year-old Gary Dederichs. Dederichs was found by police in the 800 block … Read more →
Michael Davis, the 19-year-old brother of NFL stars Vernon and Vontae Davis, remains mentally unfit to participate in the murder proceedings against him. That determination, the second in the case, was made by the Department of Mental Health and announced at a hearing Friday at DC Superior Court. Davis was first found mentally incompetent in … Read more →
A psychologist who examined Petworth teen Michael Davis in advance of his preliminary hearing on charges that he struck at least three people with a hammer, killing one of them, described the teen as alert, pleasant, and cooperative, but noted that he showed cognitive deficits and would require intense therapy in order to be able … Read more →
A DC Superior Court Judge found substantial probability today that five attacks over the course of three days in Petworth last month were linked to the same person and that that person was 19-year-old Michael Davis, brother of NFL stars Vernon and Vontae Davis. That ruling was made today at Davis’s preliminary hearing on two … Read more →
Michael Davis, the 19-year-old Petworth brother of NFL stars Vernon and Vontae Davis, has been found mentally unfit to participate in the murder proceedings against him. That determination was made by the Department of Mental Health and announced at a hearing Friday at DC Superior Court. Davis is suspected of two counts of assault with … Read more →
The DC teen suspected in five hammer assaults in Petworth, including one that killed 66-year-old Denver nurse Gary Dederichs, had been intent on obtaining a gun in the week leading up to the assaults but appears not to have been able to acquire one. That’s according to charging documents presented to the nineteen year old, … Read more →
The brother of football stars Vernon and Vontae Davis has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of 66-year-old Denver man Gary Dederichs. The teen, Michael Davis, was already in custody on suspicion of assaulting two other people with a hammer. A preliminary hearing was scheduled in those cases for Friday … Read more →
A Denver man found dead in Petworth Tuesday evening may have been killed by a strike from a claw-tooth hammer, the same type of weapon that police believe was used in at least two other attacks in the same neighborhood this week and the same type of weapon found in the backpack of DC teen … Read more →
A 19-year-old Petworth man is suspected in a series of attacks this week in that neighborhood and has been taken into custody, NBC Washington reports. Sources told News4 that investigators recovered a claw hammer that they believe could be the weapon used in all four attacks in the area. The teen is being charged in … Read more →
Chief Cathy Lanier is expected to update the media at 10 a.m. this morning on a series of assaults in Northwest DC, including on that killed 66-year-old Denver man Gary Dederichs. Read more →
UPDATE: A formal press release from MPD has been added to the bottom of this post. 4-26-12, 5:24 p.m. Since Denver man Gary Dederichs was found dead of head trauma in Northwest DC Tuesday evening, two more people have been been found with serious head injuries near where Dederichs was found, MPD Chief Cathy Lanier … Read more →
A man found dead of apparent trauma Tuesday evening in Northwest DC has been identified as Gary Dederichs, a 66-year old Denver, Colorado man. Dederichs was a registered user with travel site Airbnb, which connects travelors with those willing to host them. His profile shows that he used the service at least three times including … Read more →
A man found unconscious with signs of trauma in Northwest DC Tuesday evening died of his injuries, and MPD is investigating the death as a homicide. From the Fourth District’s Kimberly Chisley-Missouri: Just before 6:30pm, units received a call for an unconscious subject in the 800 blk of Emerson St NW. Upon arrival, an unconscious … Read more →
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