In the late hours of a cold January night in Washington, D.C., a discovery was made that brought a violent end to the lives of two people. On Monday, January 20, 2014, police responded to a call for an unconscious person at a rowhouse on Girard Street Northwest. Inside a basement efficiency apartment, officers found the bodies of 36-year-old Oluremi Thomas, a male from Northwest D.C., and 24-year-old Keyonna Proctor of Southeast, D.C. Both had been fatally shot. Thomas was found in a bed, while Proctor was on the floor. Emergency services personnel who arrived at the scene found no signs of life in either individual.
The investigation into the double homicide suggested the killings were not random. A D.C. Council member for the area, Jim Graham, indicated that the act appeared to be an intentional killing, possibly linked to drugs, and even suggested the possibility of an 'execution style killing.'
This suspicion was bolstered by the discovery of drug paraphernalia within the apartment. It was also determined that neither Thomas nor Proctor resided at the Girard Street address where their bodies were found. Court records revealed that Thomas had been arrested outside the same house in November of the previous year for possession of marijuana, to which he had pleaded guilty.
In the wake of the killings, the Metropolitan Police Department sought assistance from the public, offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the deaths of Oluremi Thomas and Keyonna Proctor. Despite the public appeal and the reward offered, information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the case has not been publicly reported. The case remains a stark and unresolved chapter in the city's history of violent crime, leaving the community with more questions than answers.
