Albrecht Muth has always been an odd character, and a judge ruled today that he wasn't capable of representing himself in his upcoming trial for the murder of wife Viola Drath last year. more ›

Lululemon killer Brittany Norwood was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole at a Montgomery County court this afternoon, reports WJLA. more ›

While the District may have hit its own 50-year low in term of homicides, so did Arlington County -- it had none for the entirety of 2011, writes WJLA. more ›

With only a few days left in 2011, the District is likely to see fewer murders this year than at any point in the last five decades. more ›

Last September, 21-year-old Jamal Coates was killed during a brazen daylight drive-by shooting on U Street NW. This week, reports Homicide Watch, seven men have been charged for gang violence and retaliations that led to seven deaths since 2006 in Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan and U Street -- including Coates'. more ›

The family of Neil Michael Godleski -- the 31-year-old Catholic University student who was shot and killed in a robbery attempt as he rode his bike through Sherman Circle last August -- is now suing the city, claiming that the city's Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services failed to keep the teen responsible under its watch. more ›

After about an hour of deliberation this evening, a Montgomery County jury found Brittany Norwood, the woman accused of brutally murdering her Lululemon Athletica coworker Jayna Murray, guilty of first-degree murder. more ›

In every post that has appeared on this site regarding the death of Jayna Murray inside the Lululemon Athletica shop in Bethesda and the murder trial of her attacker Brittany Norwood, I haven't been able to avoid using the word "brutal" to describe the crime. Such adjective usage was rather depressingly justified this morning. more ›

This afternoon, one of the Apple Store employees who reportedly heard Jayna Murray being murdered by Brittany Norwood inside the Lululemon Athletica testified during the third day of Norwood's murder trial. more ›

Rodney McIntyre, who pled guilty to brutally murdering his 17-year-old daughter Ebony Franklin in July, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. more ›

After two days of rigorous jury selection, opening statements in the trial of Brittany Norwood were delivered today. And based on what the defense presented this afternoon, it could be an even more explosive trial than expected. more ›

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Department announced that they had made two arrests in connection with the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Demetrius Emmanuel Thompson on a Metrobus last Thursday. more ›

Montgomery County authorities are currently investigating the scene of what appears to be a grisly murder-suicide in Rockville. more ›

D.C. police have ramped up efforts to find two suspects who they believe were involved in the murder of 22-year-old Demetrius Thompson on a Metrobus on shortly after midnight on Thursday, releasing footage of the two suspects as they boarded the bus. more ›

The widow of a D.C. sanitation worker who was murdered last October at a DPW facility is now suing the city over negligence in implementing recommended safety measures. Larry Hutchins was killed, and one other worker injured, when an unknown man, reportedly dressed in a DPW uniform, open fire on the facility grounds more ›

This afternoon, a Fairfax County jury found Carmela Dela Rosa guilty of first-degree murder, determining that clearly understood what she was doing when she dropped her 2-year-old granddaughter off a sixth-story elevated bridge at Tysons Corner Center last year. more ›

Via Homicide Watch D.C., The Daily Beast reports that the District has become something of an international model on how to combat high murder rates. more ›

If there wasn't already something odd about Albrecht Muth, Friday's preliminary hearing into accusations that he killed his 91-year-old wife Viola Drath surely exposed what will certainly be an interesting defense. more ›

Perhaps realizing that "she used to use her head to hit a soccer ball" might not be the airtight defense they're looking for, attorneys for Brittany Norwood now say they plan to argue that police did not properly Mirandize the suspected murderer before she spoke with police. more ›

A Metropolitan Police Department officer has been removed from active duty and placed under investigation after she allegedly ignored a murder committed by a man with whom she was "romantically linked." more ›

Yesterday, a Montgomery County judge denied a request made by attorneys representing Brittany Norwood, the woman on trial for the brutal murder of Jayna Murray inside the Bethesda Lululemon. more ›

Calling the case "one of the most horrible he had heard in his courtroom," D.C. Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher sentenced Roderick Ridley, a 34-year-old D.C. resident, to 74 1/2 years in prison yesterday -- despite the fact that a jury could not reach a verdict on the charge of murder. more ›

Last Friday, former Washington Wizard Javaris Crittenton -- a key player in the Gungate drama that enveloped the team in 2010 -- was charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Jullian Jones in Atlanta earlier this month. more ›

Details about the death of 91-year-old socialite Viola Drath are arriving fast and furious: this afternoon, the documents charging Drath's husband Albrecht Muth with murder were released. They include the results of Drath's autopsy, as well as the revelation that a neighbor "heard a faint cry followed by a 'sinister' laugh" come from the couple's Georgetown residence. more ›

Prince George's County authorities have taken 15-year-old William Roger Fitts into custody in connection with the murder of 92-year-old Thelma Steele, who was found dead inside her District Heights home yesterday. more ›

The Post brings us this report on what has to be a candidate for the most senseless act of violence in the area so far this year -- a taxi driver who killed a D.C. man over a broom. more ›

Rodney McIntyre, the father of 17-year-old Ebony Franklin -- who was sexually assaulted, brutally murdered and discovered inside an alley dumpster on the 1000 block of Fairmont Street NW last November -- pled guilty to Franklin's murder today. more ›

Last August, 18-year-old Latisha Frazier was brutally killed and dismembered inside a residence on Trenton Place SE. Today, there's some justice for her family: one of the six people accused in connection with Frazier's death has pled guilty to the murder. more ›

Brittany Norwood, the woman accused of brutally killing her coworker Jayna Murray inside the Lululemon store on Bethesda Avenue in March, will go to trial in October. more ›

One week. That's how long it took Terry Allen Jimenez, arrested and charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing an innocent man last Saturday, to get back into trouble in D.C. after he left town for safety reasons. more ›