D.C. police have arrested a man in connection with a December stabbing death in Northeast.
Police said 46-year-old John William Smith Jr. is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the Dec. 4 slaying of 47-year-old Elaine Coleman.
Coleman was found dead inside a building on the 500 block of 23rd Place Northeast at about 12:30 a.m. She had suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Police said Smith was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon.
