Police arrive too late to save frantic caller

The man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend inside her apartment as police desperately raced to save her had escaped from the D.C. Department of Corrections last month, authorities said.

U.S. marshals looking for fugitive Roderick Ridley got a frantic phone call from Tiffany Gates saying Ridley was trying to get into her apartment building on the 3900 block of D Street SE, said Robert Fernandez, commander of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshall.