Murders of Florence Eyssalenne and Gretta Denise Rainey

Photo of Florence Eyssalenne

On 600 block of 3rd St. SE at the Capitol Hill Apartments in Washington, D.C. two women were murdered in an apartment building. The two apartments were next to each other, and neither were broken into. It seemed that the suspect either knew the victims or somehow was allowed in the homes. He would sexually assault the women and strangle them to death. It wasn't until 2022 that DNA connected the two cases. The DNA belongs to a man believed to be Black. 

Around 9 am on October 27, 1985, 23-year-old Florence Eyssalenne's body would be found dead in her apartment. She was raped and strangled to death. 

At 12:20 pm on May 13, 1987, 35-year-old Gretta Rainey's girlfriend Roxanne Johnson became concerned for her. Gretta was not answering the phone when she called. So Roxanne would come to the apartment with a coworker and would find Gretta's body. She had been raped and strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered Florence

Uncovered (Greta)

Metropolitan Police DC

Metropolitan Police DC (Greta)

Washington Post May 13,1987

Washington Blade October 19, 2022

February 16, 2000 Washington, D.C. John Doe

A man was found alive on 5000 block of Fort Totten Drive Northeast.by a passerby in Washington, D.C. He had been shot and transferred to Washington Hospital center via ambulance. He was then pronounced dead at the hospital.

He was an African American male between the ages of 18 to 25 years old. He was 5'5" and 144 lbs. He had black short and curly hair and wore a slight mustache and eye color could not be determined. It was stated that the irises and pupils are covered clear cornea. The right wrist has a cross-shaped scar approximately 1-inch x 1-inch x 1/4 inch, and the left forearm has a Z-shaped, well-healed scar with the parallel arms measuring 3/4 inch x 1/4 inch each, and the dorsum of the left wrist has a 1-inch x 2/16 inch well-healed scar. He also had three tattoos one on his upper right arm has the tattoo of the number 13, a feline or tiger-like cat is tattooed on the posterior right forearm and the midline of the torso has a tattoo of a devil. His left ear was pierced. 

He was wearing a grey colored hoodie, a grey T-shirt with Phat Farm on the front, blue jeans, and a blue and white bandanna. He also had a navy blue First Down coat. 

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SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/417umdc.html

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/14249

Disappearance of April Nicole Williams

On December 3, 1983, four months old April Williams was with her mother, Eleanor Marie Williams, were en-route by bus from Suffolk, Virginia to Kansas to meet with a boyfriend. They were having a three-hour layover at Trailways Station in Washington, D.C.

Allegedly a woman who went by Latoya asked Eleanor if she could hold April. Eleanor didn't know the woman, but she let her carry April. She carried April towards Hardee's to get a soda. This is the last time anyone had seen April.

Her abductor, Latoya, was described as an African American woman in her early 20's. She was around 5'3 with red braided hair. It's possible that "Latoya" kidnapped April to raise as her own.


Sketch of abductor:

Other Images:

Age Progressed to 27 years old

Age Progressed to 33 years old

SOURCES:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/11223/1
http://missingchildren.wikia.com/wiki/April_Nicole_Williams
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/williams_april.html