Dion Phelps, 29, Arrested for Homicide of King Phelps, 7 months

Friday, Oct 23, 2026

The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of the suspect in a homicide involving an infant in Southeast D.C. back in 2023.

On Thursday, March 16, 2023, at approximately 2:18 a.m., Seventh District officers responded to the 1300 block of Morris Road, Southeast, for the report of an unconscious infant. Upon arrival, officers located an unconscious and unresponsive infant. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and after finding no signs consistent with life, the infant was pronounced and remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the infant’s death was caused by complications of blunt force trauma and that the manner of death was homicide. 

The victim was identified as 7-month-old King Phelps, of Southeast, D.C. 

On Friday, October 23, 2026, pursuant to a DC Superior Court booking order, members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fugitive Unit responded to DC Jail and charged 29-year-old Dion Phelps of Southeast, D.C., with First Degree Murder (Felony). 

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