WASHINGTON — A woman is dead after she was found stabbed in an apartment in Northeast D.C. early Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Department identified the woman as Ladonia Boggs, 39, of Northeast D.C.
MPD confirmed to WUSA9 that Boggs is the same woman who was under investigation for tampering with evidence in connection with the presumed death of her 2-month-old infant, Kyon Jones. Jones was last seen on May 5, 2021.
Boggs was facing charges for tampering with evidence after she admitted to WUSA9’s Kolbie Satterfield that she found Kyon Jones unresponsive and threw his body in the trash.
"He was on the bed with me on my chest and I rolled over and he was unresponsive - breathing - and I panicked," Boggs said on May 9, 2021. "Got a blanket and his car seat and wrapped it up and took it outside and disposed of it in the trash. And that’s what happened."
MPD officers were called to the 1500 block of Benning Road Northeast for a report of a shooting around 3 a.m. Wednesday. When the officers arrived, they found Boggs had actually been stabbed. She was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.
Officers arrested and charged Carl Jones, 44, of Northeast D.C. in connection with Boggs’ death. Police confirmed to WUSA9 that Carl Jones was Kyon Jones' father.
Investigators confirmed that the stabbing was “domestic in nature.”
According to the Washington Post, prosecutors decided not to pursue a murder charge in the case of her infant’s disappearance because of a lack of evidence.
Investigators searched landfills for Kyon Jones’ body but never found it, but MPD did have surveillance video that did show Boggs throwing items into the garbage.
A judge ordered on Thursday that Carl Jones be held without bond.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411.
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