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Do you know who murdered Gretta Denise Rainey?
In the spring of 1987, the life of 35-year-old Gretta Denise Rainey tragically ended in a Capitol Hill apartment in Washington, D.C. On the afternoon of May 13th, her nude body was discovered in a first-floor apartment at 610 Third St. SE, an apartment belonging to her girlfriend, Roxanne Johnson. The cause of death was determined to be ligature strangulation, and it was later revealed that she had also been raped.
The initial investigation quickly focused on Johnson, who was arrested and ...Read More
In the spring of 1987, the life of 35-year-old Gretta Denise Rainey tragically ended in a Capitol Hill apartment in Washington, D.C. On the afternoon of May 13th, her nude body was discovered in a first-floor apartment at 610 Third St. SE, an apartment belonging to her girlfriend, Roxanne Johnson. The cause of death was determined to be ligature strangulation, and it was later revealed that she had also been raped.
The initial investigation quickly focused on Johnson, who was arrested and ...Read More
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Gretta Denise Rainey
January 2, 2023
Female
Washington
DC
1987-05-13
1987-05-13
35
Gretta Denise
Rainey
11/16/2025
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Was anyone else struck by the similarities between Gretta Rainey's and Florence Eyssalenne's cases? ... ...Read More
11/12/2023
11/12/2023
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03/16/2023
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03/16/2023
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02/07/2023
02/07/2023
