Police tape at the site of the murder of Mary Houston, 75 years old | 800 block of Channing Place NE

From a DC police report: On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at approximately 11:12 am, an adult female was found deceased in the  800 block of Channing Place NE, Washington DC. The decedent, identified as Mary Houston, 75, was subsequently transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pending autopsy.
On May 8, 2014, members of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the Cause of Death to be blunt force injuries and asphyxiation and the Manner to be Homicide.

This site is at the back of a dead-end street, with mostly older and abandoned warehouse buildings. A very sad situation.

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