Keith Alonzo Littlepage maintained that he was innocent Friday, even as Judge Thomas Motley sentenced him to 50 years behind bars. Already 50 years old, the sentence likely means Littlepage will die in prison. If released, he would be required to spend five years under supervised release. A jury convicted Littlepage in July of first-degree … Read more →
Keith Littlepage was found guilty today of both first-degree murder and felony murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Selina Knight, at their Southeast DC apartment in March 2011. The jury of three men and nine women announced the verdict just before noon Tuesday. Their deliberations lasted approximately two days. Knight was found dead … Read more →
As jurors heard the final arguments in the case against him today, Keith Littlepage sat quietly at the defense table dressed in a pale lavender shirt and blue tie, showing no emotion even as prosecutors projected a photo above him of his fiance’s lifeless body. The photo of Selina Knight, splayed dead across a black … Read more →
Jurors charged with determining whether Keith Littlepage killed his girlfriend, Selina Knight, heard the first evidence in the case today. Jurors were sworn in yesterday by Judge Thomas Motley. Littlepage, 50, is suspected of fatally stabbing Knight at the Southeast DC home that they shared but she was trying to leave. He is charged with … Read more →
Keith Littlepage pleaded innocent today to the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Selina Knight, at her Southeast D.C. apartment. Littlepage, 49, also pleaded innocent to the seven other charges against him, including burglary and kidnapping. Littlepage has been detained since March 10 in the case. Investigators believe he killed Knight on March 4, after allegedly … Read more →
Keith Littlepage-El, a 49-year-old D.C. resident accused of killing his girlfriend last month, was ordered held in the case today by Superior Court Judge Heidi Pasichow, who detained Littlepage upon the ruling that there is “substantial probability” that he committed the crime. Littlepage has been detained since March 10 in the case. Investigators believe he … Read more →
UPDATE: The hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at ten a.m. in courtroom 318 (Judge Heidi Pasichow). A preliminary hearing in the murder case against Keith Littlepage has been postponed this morning. Littlepage is suspected of killing Selina Knight earlier this month. We’ll update as we learn more. Read more →
We pointed earlier today to Washington’s Other Monuments photo of a memorial street shrine for Henry Kelly. The blog now has photos up of memorials for Vanessa McGee (photos) and Selina Knight (photos). Do you have photos of street shrines that you’d like to share? Email us at homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com. Read more →
Selina Knight, who was stabbed to death in her Southeast D.C. apartment March 5, will be remembered by family and friends today at a funeral at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Temple Hills, Md. According to Knight’s obituary, a viewing will be held at the church beginning at 10 a.m. The service begins at 11 … Read more →
In the days after Selina Knight broke up with her boyfriend, she was subject to verbal and emotional attacks and threats. On March 5 the attacks were over: Knight was dead. Her body was found in her apartment by friends worried that they hadn’t been able to reach her. That’s according to an arrest warrant … Read more →
Keith Littlepage, a 49-year-old Northeast D.C. man, is expected to be presented with a first degree murder charge this afternoon in the stabbing death of Selina Knight last Friday. According to charging documents, Knight was found bloody and lifeless on a loveseat in a Southeast D.C. apartment. Friends had tried to contact Knight several times … Read more →
Two women killed in separate slayings in Southeast D.C. this weekend may have known their attackers, according to the Washington Post. In the first incident, emergency responders found 36-year-old Selina Knight dead and with multiple stab wounds inside a home in the 3000 block of Nelson Place SE just after 11:50 p.m. Friday. No arrests … Read more →
UPDATE: Metropolitan Police have identified the woman killed on Nelson Place Friday night as 36-year-old Selina J. Knight of Southeast, D.C. Knight was fatally stabbed, not shot, as initial reports indicated, police said. WUSA reports that a woman was fatally shot around 11:51 p.m. Friday, on the 3000 block of Nelson Place SE. The shooting … Read more →
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