Ummi Najma Al-Thaqib was found dead in her car on the afternoon of October 26, 2016, at the Mayfair Mansions apartment complex in Northeast Washington, D.C. She was 59. The D.C. Police determined her death was a homicide by strangulation.

Family members said Al-Thaqib had recently leased her home and was believed to have been sleeping in her car. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was still working, making deliveries for pizza shops while hoping to become an Uber driver. Her mother said the family does not know what happened.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Ummi Al-Thaqib, where she worked, who she was with that day, or has information about her death, please come forward.