Members of the United States Marshals Service on Monday, October 26, located and arrested a 62-year-old man in connection with a woman's death in Northeast Washington, D.C., in January 2025, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced.

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The man, identified by police as Robert Bellamy, 62, of Northeast, D.C., will be charged pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court grand jury indictment with second degree murder, MPD said. An indictment is an allegation, not a conviction, and Bellamy is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. The police release did not give a court date.

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Found unconscious in January 2025

On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at approximately 5:02 a.m., Fifth District officers responded to the 600 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast, for the report of an unconscious person, MPD said. Officers located an adult female who was unconscious and not responsive; DC Fire and EMS responded and, after finding no signs consistent with life, pronounced her dead.

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The woman was identified as Thameka Harvell, 54, of Northeast, D.C. In April 2025, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined her death was caused by a blunt force head injury with other contributing factors, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide, MPD said.

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In its earlier investigation notice, MPD said the case remained under investigation and offered a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a homicide committed in the District of Columbia.

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