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Though it's no longer the homicide capital of the United States , the nation's capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them. And for families of the victims, the issue of unsolved killings cuts deep. Asiyah Timimi's husband, Aqueel, was stabbed in a dispute in January 2021 and died several days later. "You just don’t feel safe until they’re caught," Timimi said. "I could be walking past the person that killed my husband." WASHINGTON, DC
Though it's no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation's capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them.
The percentage of homicides that are solved has declined sharply in 2023, leaving the city on track to record its lowest so-called ‘clearance rate’ in more than 15 years