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In April 2018, an abandoned address at Southeast Wayne Place in Washington, D.C. turned up the remains of three missing women, Jewel Marquetta King, Verdell Johnson, and Dorothy Jean Butts, who all disappeared in 2006. The case remains unsolved.[1]
Case History
editOn April 13, 2006, 48-year-old Jewel Marquetta King, a mother of three daughters, was reported missing. 41-year-old Verdell Johnson went missing on August 1. 43-year-old Dorothy Jean Butts went missing on Christmas Day. Both Johnson and Butts are each survived by their respective sons.[2]
In April 2018, construction workers were working at an abandoned retail property on Southeast Wayne Place. The remains of one of the victims was found in the house's crawl space, resulting in the police being called. A search of the property revealed a shallow grave, where the remains of the other two women were found buried. They were identified as King, Johnson, and Butts. The causes of death for King and Butts were determined to be shooting, while Johnson's cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma. Police have appealed to the public for tips, and monetary rewards have been offered for information.[3][4]
See Also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Harris, Chris (16 August 2018). "Remains of 3 Women Missing Since 2006 Found in Crawl Space — and Serial Killer Might Be Responsible". People Magazine. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ Pomeroy, Courtney (15 August 2018). "3 sets of remains found in DC in April ID'd as women in their 40s who went missing in 2006". ABC News 7. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ "Police connect remains to three women who vanished in Southeast Washington in 2006". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ Gayle, Anna-Lysa (18 August 2018). "Community prays for justice for 3 missing women found dead more than a decade later". ABC News 7. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
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