Kenneth Ekwenye, a 45-year-old Black man, was found murdered in the rear of the 1700 block of Lincoln Road NE in Washington, DC, in the late afternoon of January 5, 2004. His body was discovered at about 4 p.m. in a residential corridor as first responders arrived.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch took the case and issued a public plea for help, including a reward notice that reiterated the location, time of discovery, and that the death was not accidental. No arrests were announced and no suspect was publicly identified; the case remains listed among the department’s unsolved homicides.

If anyone has information about Kenneth, his movements that day, or anything connected to the 1700 block of Lincoln Road NE around January 5, 2004, please contact investigators with the Violent Crimes Branch.