Victims identified in Bethesda crash Montgomery County police have identified the two young adults killed in a weekend car crash in Bethesda.
Police said 20-year-old Nicholas Clayton and 18-year-old Kaitlin Gallagher died when the 2007 Chevrolet Trail Blazer they were riding in veered off Jones Bridge Road near Lancaster Drive, striking a fence and a tree, shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday.
Three others were hurt in the crash.
The driver, 22-year-old Roderick Brice II, was hospitalized in serious condition. Two other passengers, 19-year-old Kevin Russel and 18-year-old Conor Hayes, were taken to hospitals with injuries police said were not life-threatening.
The circumstances of the crash are still under investigation.
Death near D.C. creek ruled homicide
The death of a man whose body was found near a Northeast D.C. creek has been ruled the city’s first homicide of 2012.
D.C. police said 56-year-old Leroy Studevant was found slain shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday near a creek on the 4200 block of Hunt Place NE.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Sunday ruled his death a homicide caused by “strangulation associated with piercing blunt force trauma,” according to a police statement. Because that ruling was made on Jan. 1, the death is counted toward the city’s 2012 homicide total.
No suspects have been identified in the slaying.
Body found in Fairfax marina
A man’s body was found Monday at the Belle Haven Marina.
Fairfax County police said two recreational boaters reported the body in the Potomac River at about 9 a.m.
Police say the death is not considered suspicious, but a medical examiner will determine the cause of death and officers are continuing to investigate.
The man’s name was not released.
– Emily Babay
