On the evening of May 18, 2008, Acquanette L. McNeely was found dead at about 8:00 p.m. at 5350 E Street SE in Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department treated the circumstances as suspicious and opened a homicide investigation. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified; the official cause of death has not been widely released.

Acquanette was a mother, daughter and sister. She was survived by her son, Dentzel K. Hailey, her mother, Mary B. McNeely, and seven siblings. Her funeral was held Saturday, May 24, 2008, at the First Baptist Church of Highland Park in Landover, Maryland.

Few public developments have been reported and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about what happened to Acquanette, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch.