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Washington police charge man with first-degree murder in 2023 death of 7-month-old
DC police say 29-year-old Dion Phelps was charged with first-degree felony murder over the 2023 death of 7-month-old King Phelps, ruled a homicide caused by complications of blunt force trauma.
Why it matters
This 2023 infant death case went unsolved for more than three years. The charge announced on 23 October moves the case into the courts.
Full report
According to the Metropolitan Police Department on 23 October, Seventh District officers responded at about 2:18 a.m. on 16 March 2023 to the 1300 block of Morris Road, Southeast, for a report of an unconscious infant. Emergency crews found no signs of life and the infant was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the infant died from complications of blunt force trauma and classified the manner of death as a homicide. The victim was 7-month-old King Phelps of Southeast, D.C.
On Friday, 23 October 2026, pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court booking order, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Fugitive Unit responded to the D.C. Jail and charged 29-year-old Dion Phelps of Southeast, D.C., with First Degree Murder (Felony). Case number CCN 23040847.
Police stress the defendant has only been charged and the case is pending before the courts; this report states only the facts released by police and makes no presumption of guilt.
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