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Frances Gertrude Jenkins was discovered deceased in her Washington, D.C. apartment on May 13, 2025, under tragic and isolating circumstances. She had last been seen alive during the first week of March, suggesting she had been deceased for over two months before her body was found. Her landlord, concerned after a prolonged period of no contact, conducted a welfare check and entered the locked apartment using a spare key. Inside, he found Jenkins unresponsive and in a state of mummification, indi ...Read More
Date Found: 05/13/2025
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Victim Details

2025-07-23T17:36:28.947

2025-07-24T21:34:20.897

148190

UCP148190

54128

Frances

Gertrude

Jenkins

Black / African American

Black / African American

Female

05/13/2025

Washington

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

20004

No

47978

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Washington

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

401 E Street, SW, , Washington, District of Columbia

2026989000

Local

Medical Examiner

https://ocme.dc.gov/

25-01632

1938-05-13

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

11/28/2025


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