Kieva Hooks Admitted To Stabbing Her Mother 37 Times

Kieva Hooks admitted to police that she cut her mother 37 times, inflicting 21 stab wounds during an early-morning argument inside their Columbia Heights apartment. Tajuana Hooks, according to testimony heard Monday, called out, “no Kie, no,” as it happened. Judge Robert Richter used that piece of information, which came from a post-arrest interview with … Read more →

Murder Suspect Tells Police She “Had To Off” Her Mother

When police found Kieva Hooks at the intersection of 13th street and Columbia Road Northwest, she was crying and barefoot, with cuts to her wrist and neck. When asked what was wrong, Hooks told police she was “having problems with her parents.” “They are doing crazy things,” she said. In a later interview with police, … Read more →

Tajuana Lynn Hooks Killed in NW D.C., Police Arrest Keiva Hooks

A 54-year-old woman found dead early Thursday morning when police responded to a call for an aggravated assault, MPD said Thurday. The woman, identified by police as Tajuana Lynn Hooks, was found at 5:20 a.m. unconscious and unresponsive in the 1300 block of Columbia Road Northwest. Police have arrested Keiva Hooks, 30, on suspicion of … Read more →

Kieva Lynette Hooks

Suspected in the July 31, 2014 death of Tajuana Lynn Hooks.