What to Know
- Construction crews unearthed the remains of an unidentified woman in April underneath a Southeast D.C. apartment building.
- The remains of two other unidentified women were found days later in a nearby shallow grave.
- All three women were homicide victims, officials say.
Police say the families of some women reported missing have submitted DNA samples to help police identify three skeletal remains found on a property in Southeast D.C.
Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham says the genetic samples and femur bones from the remains have been sent to an FBI lab for analysis. He says the remains are at least a year old but cautioned that they could be older.
The Washington Post reported Friday that the medical examiner's office told police that examiners think the women were at least between 30 and 60 years old. Two had been shot; one suffered blunt force trauma.
The bones were found in April. Contractors renovating a building found the first set in the basement of an apartment on the 100 block of Wayne Place, while the remains of the other women were later found in a shallow grave behind the property.
The case is officially under investigation as a homicide.
There is a $25,000 reward per victim to information leading to a responsible person or people.
