Southeast D.C. woman’s killer arrested after years on the run
Washington, DC – A suspect in a 2019 homicide that left a 40-year-old woman dead in Southeast D.C. has been arrested more than six years after the crime, police announced Tuesday.
On the night of the murder, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District responded to a check on the welfare call around 8:33 p.m. at a residence in Southeast. Inside the home, officers discovered Natina Kiah suffering from a stab wound. D.C. Fire and EMS determined she had no signs of life. She was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Kiah, a Southeast D.C. resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. The case remained unsolved for years as detectives worked to identify and locate a suspect.
On Tuesday, police confirmed that 50-year-old Lamont Stephenson of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder (Premeditated) pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant.
Officials did not release details on how Stephenson was located or what led to the breakthrough in the cold case. The arrest brings long-awaited movement in a case that had remained open since 2019.
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Key Points
- Natina Kiah, 40, was found stabbed to death in Southeast D.C. in 2019
- Lamont Stephenson, 50, of Newark, NJ, arrested and charged with First Degree Murder
- Arrest made more than six years after the fatal stabbing
