Gory Prince George's: Recent summaries and commentary

Examiner summary of murders to date, February 28, 2005, page 5.

• "Murder rate in Pr. George's outpaces '04" by Robert Arkell, Examiner Staff Writer
  
  
• "Prince George's homicides in 2005" by Nick Shwaery and Robert Arkell

Note: PDF versions of these two articles are currently online at http://ee.dcexaminer.com/maryland/?haspdf=1. The searchable HTML version of the former was removed within 24 hours; an HTML version of the latter was not posted at all.

Examiner reports, March 1, 2005, page 6.

• "Police move on homicide cases" by Robert Arkell, Examiner Staff Writer
  
  
• "Prince George's murder spike draws fire" by Anna Bailey, Examiner Staff Writer

Note: PDF versions of these articles are not yet online. The Examiner does not always keep the HTML versions of stories online at the original address, so these links may not work after today.

Post editorial, March 1, 2005

• "An Epidemic of Murder"

Post reports, February 28, 2005.

• "Victims' Relative Corners Suspect; Leads in Md. Deaths Ignored, Man Says" by Serge F. Kovaleski, Washington Post Staff Writer
  
  
• "In Wake of Pr. George's Homicides, Church Seeks Solutions; Boosting Community Involvement a Goal" by Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post Staff Writer

Review of reporting on February homicides. There were twelve homicides in the county in February; eleven are being investigated by county police, one by Greenbelt police.

The county police department issues press releases for most county homicides, but does not do a particularly good job of making them all available online. Currently there are press releases online for only seven of the February homicides.

In addition to a month-end summary, the Examiner posted information on a current basis about ten of the homicides; most or all of those stories are still online.

The Gazette currently has online reports on eleven of the homicides (all but the most recent, last night).

The Post reported all twelve homicides on a current basis, and there were obituaries or funeral notices in the Post for seven victims.

The print edition of the Times reported about three of the February homicides; no reports were or are online.

WRC and WJLA each reported about half of the Febrary homicides and keep thir reports online. WTOP and WUSA each reported about a third. WTTG had reports on about half, but they are difficult to track because they remove information from their website within hours of posting it.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map