Homicide Watch D.C.

Judge Ronna Beck sentenced Davon Holmes Friday to 24 years in prison for the 2011 stabbing death of 24-year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey. “There really is no sentence I can impose to really address your loss,” Judge Beck said to Bailey’s family Friday. “But due to the vicious nature of this crime I am imposing a … Read more →

Rayshawn Hailstock, the 21-year-old who died after a fight in Southeast D.C. Sunday, testified in the Davon Holmes murder trial three days prior to his death. Metropolitan police are conducting a death investigation in the case and have not declared Hailstock’s death a homicide. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said in an email Wednesday afternoon … Read more →

Prosecutors in the murder trial against Davon Holmes say that it’s not a case of “who done it. It’s a case of he did it.” But James Beane, Holmes’ defense attorney, argued that the government’s key witnesses had lied, and that the government’s theory is a “case of maybes and what ifs.” Holmes is charged … Read more →

Although prosecutors in the murder trial against Davon Holmes have found no motive or explanation as to why Marcellus Terrell Bailey was killed, they expect witnesses to testify at trial that they saw Holmes stab Bailey in the neck in August 2011. But Holmes’ defense attorney, James Beane, argued Tuesday that the government’s version of … Read more →

Davon Holmes pled innocent today to fatally stabbing Marcellus Bailey in August 2011. Holmes, 29, is charged with one count of premeditated first-degree murder while armed. Bailey, 24, died after being cut in the neck. At a preliminary hearing, MPD Detective Paul Regan said that Bailey was unarmed when he was killed. In his testimony … Read more →

Davon Holmes was ordered held this morning on probable cause that he fatally stabbed Marcellus Bailey in August. Bailey, 24, died after being cut in the neck. MPD Detective Paul Regan said Wednesday that Bailey was unarmed when he was killed. In his testimony before Judge Thomas Motley, Regan did not give any indication of … Read more →

The morning Marcellus Bailey was killed, a witness says, Bailey and Davon Holmes were “talking and laughing” together. Then suddenly Holmes swung out, hitting Bailey in the neck. Says another witness, it became apparent that Bailey had been stabbed when he started bleeding profusely. That’s according to charging documents presented to Holmes in court Saturday, … Read more →

MPD reports an arrest in the death of 24-year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey, who died of a stabbing on Aug. 3. Davon Holmes, a 28-year-old of Northwest DC, was arrested today on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed. A press release from MPD is below. Arrest Made in the Homicide of Marcellus Bailey ( Washington , … Read more →

MPD this afternoon identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in Northwest DC early Wednesday morning as 24 year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey. A press release is below. August 3, 2011 Homicide: 5300 block of 8th Street, NW (Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal stabbing which occurred in the … Read more →

A man died after being stabbed early this morning in Northwest DC, MPD reports on the Fourth District listserve. It is the District’s first homicide since July 20, when Myles LaShay McLean was killed in a Northeast DC shooting. From MPD: Just before 3 am, units received a call for a stabbing at the 5300 … Read more →