Good morning, Washington. Just a few days after the grisly discovery of four dead girls in a Southeast home, and Mayor Adrian Fenty is set to announce today a task force that will lead a reorganization of the city’s social services, including the firings of specific individuals involved in the Jacks case. On Friday Fenty laid out a timeline of exactly how many times the murdered girls came into contact with D.C. social services and other agencies, saying, “These matters were not handled as they should have been.” It now appears that the children may have been dead since May and that only a few months ago, police were called to the house with a report that the mother might have been holding her eldest daughter hostage. A candlelight vigil is planned for Thursday at 5 p.m. in front of the home in the 4200 block of 6th Street SE.

District Could Ban Detergents: D.C. Council member Mary Cheh has introduced a bill that would ban the majority of brand-name dishwasher detergents currently for sale in an effort to protect the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Most detergents contain phosphates that are very harmful to fish and other wildlife that live in the Bay. Another D.C. law already bans the sale of most phosphate-containing household cleaners, with the exception of dishwasher detergents.

MPD Officer Arrested for DUI: WTOP is reporting that MPD Officer Ronzell Baker, a 19-year veteran of the force serving in the Third District, was arrested for a DUI over the weekend after getting into a fenderbender in an unmarked department car that he signed out of the motor pool improperly. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding his arrest is planned.

Briefly Noted: Rowhouse on Kenyon St. NW destroyed in fire … Woman shot and killed outside carry-out restaurant in Capitol Heights … Armored truck impersonator got a total of $850,000 from two banks.

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