More than 16 years have passed since Curtis King left his Alexandria apartment to buy dinner, only to be shot and killed in the parking lot when he returned. King, 27, of Alexandria, was an Army sergeant stationed at Fort Myer. He and his wife had returned from a family reunion in Crewe, Va., earlier that day.
Detective Tom Durkin of the Alexandria Police Department said King ventured from his apartment on the 6100 block of Edsall Road on Aug. 21, 1994, to buy dinner and was shot upon returning at 9:40 p.m. He said there have been no suspects, but two men were seen approaching King in the parking lot and a small black car was later spotted “fleeing the scene.”
Investigators think it was a case of mistaken identity or a “robbery gone bad” because nothing was taken from King.
Durkin said no motive has been determined and nothing has led investigators to believe someone was targeting King. He said King “didn’t have any issues” and “he didn’t live a hazardous lifestyle.”
Investigators received a number of leads when the case was new, Durkin said, but the most recent lead came in a couple of years ago.
“There’s nothing that turned up for quite some time,” he said. “We had a bunch of leads but nothing panned out.”
He said so much time has passed that is would take “somebody stepping forward and filling in the blanks” for investigators to solve the case and provide some comfort for King’s family because “there’s never been any closure for them.”
Crime Solvers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the resolution of this case. Anyone with information about this case can contact Alexandria police at 703-838-4711 or Crime Solvers at 703-838-4858.
