The woman remains unidentified at this time and police are asking anyone with possible information in this case to contact the department's Homicide Division at 202-727-4347. The victim is described as an adult black female who at the time of her death was wearing gray pants, a black jacket and a blue sweater. The cause of death in this case will be determined pending an autopsy to be conducted by the D.C. Medical Examiner's Office. This case remains under active investigation by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department.

UPDATE: The victim in this case has been identified as 37-year-old Glenda Weeks-King. Her last known address was in Hyattsville, Maryland, but she had no fixed address at the time of her death.