Rabbi Phillip Rabinowitz, 63, was found dead in his Georgetown home on 25th Street NW on the morning of Wednesday, February 29, 1984. Three congregants who could not reach him went to his house and discovered him about 8:15 am in his first-floor study. An autopsy showed multiple stab wounds and a severe blow to the head.

Investigators reported no signs of a struggle in the room and no indication of robbery or burglary, prompting police to suggest the rabbi may have known his attacker. He had led Kesher Israel Congregation for 34 years and was remembered as a quiet scholar devoted to teaching young people. Despite early hopes the case would be solved quickly, no arrests have ever been announced and the homicide remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Georgetown at that time know of contacts or visitors Rabbi Rabinowitz had in the days before his death?