Shortly after 1:00 on the afternoon of Saturday, June 26, 1999, police responded to room 118 of the Howard Johnson Hotel, located at 600 New York Avenue, NE, for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, they discovered the body of a female who had sustained blunt force trauma to the head.

The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was officially pronounced dead on the scene at 3:55 pm by a doctor on the staff of the D.C. Medical Examiner's Office.

The case is currently under investigation by detectives assigned to Metropolitan Police Department's Fifth District.

Anyone who has information regarding this case is asked to call Fifth District detectives at 202-727-4504 or the D.C. Crime Solvers Unit at 1-800-673-2777.

All calls to the Crime Solvers Unit are confidential and a caller need not give his or her name. If the information provided by a caller to the Crime Solvers unit leads to an arrest and indictment, the caller will be eligible for a reward of up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.