Teen pleads guilty to killing 92-year-old woman
A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder for killing his elderly neighbor in August.
William Fitts admitted he stabbed 92-year-old Thelma Steele to death after the two had a fight about family issues, according to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. After killing her, Fitts returned to her home on the 2900 block of East Avenue in Forestville later that day and took her purse, cash and credit card, authorities said.
Man gets 26 years in deadly stabbing
A Baltimore man was sentenced Tuesday to 26 years for fatally stabbing a woman at her home in Northeast D.C.
John William Smith Jr., 47, pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court in January to second-degree murder while armed in the death of 47-year-old Elaine Coleman.
Police said Smith stabbed Coleman 41 times, possibly with scissors, at her home on 552 23rd Place NE in December. The two had been in a relationship. Before he killed her, Smith had told witnesses that he was angry because Coleman was getting back with her ex-boyfriend.
In 2005, Smith was charged with first-degree murder for a stabbing death of a victim who was killed with a pair of scissors, police said. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case in 2006 and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
2 charged in slaying of 16-year-old boy
Two juveniles were charged in the 2011 shooting death of a 16-year-old boy, D.C. police said.
The suspects were charged with first-degree murder while armed, police said. Officials didn’t identify the boys.
On Jan. 2, 2011, police found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds on the 4500 block of New Hampshire Avenue NW. They were taken to a hospital, where one of the victims, 16-year-old Bryant Morillo of Hyattsville, died from his injuries.
— Emily Babay, Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda
