Cops Focus on National Arboretum in Search for Relisha Rudd
Andrew Ramonas April 6, 2016 at 10:20am
Police are combing through National Arboretum's water areas as part of a new investigation into the disappearance of a girl from the D.C. General homeless shelter in 2014, local news outlets reported today.
Authorities have been searching for Relisha Rudd since her family last saw her at the homeless shelter on March 1, 2014. She was eight years old at the time of her disappearance.
Her mother has told police the child had been under the care of Kahil Tatum, a janitor at the shelter who had previous felony convictions. Tatum shot his wife, police said, and then was found dead in a park on March 31.
D.C. police launch new search for missing Relisha Rudd https://t.co/eCt4cTgsln
— Post Local (@postlocal) April 6, 2016
D.C. Police are searching the National Arboretum for Relisha Rudd. https://t.co/4ijppIXgy9 pic.twitter.com/KARkkzNd6m
— DCist (@DCist) April 6, 2016
DC Police to search small body of water at Arboretum in new search for #RelishaRudd pic.twitter.com/wHakxqaIi4
— Kristin Wright (@kwrightnbc4) April 6, 2016
The search for Relisha Rudd is already underway at the National Arboretum: https://t.co/ktwBO0iM5o pic.twitter.com/RDvSQDlPIs
— ABC7News (@ABC7News) April 6, 2016
Photo via Flickr/nullvalue
Sean Meehan December 11, 2015 at 9:40am
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Andrea Swalec March 3, 2015 at 9:10am
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Prayer Service for Relisha Rudd to Be Held Sunday
Andrew Ramonas February 27, 2015 at 2:00pm
A prayer service and candle-lit walk will be held in honor of Relisha Rudd on Sunday, one year after the 8-year-old disappeared from the homeless shelter at D.C. General.
Participants in the vigil to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Paran Baptist Church (1341 K St. SE) will first have a prayer service and then will walk from the church to D.C. General. There, they will give residents "Care Kits" in the child's honor, a flier for the event says.
Relisha, who attended Payne Elementary School, was last seen by family at the homeless shelter on March 1, 2014. Her mother told police the child had been under the care of Kahil Tatum, a janitor at the shelter who had previous felony convictions. Tatum shot his wife, police said, and then was found dead in a park on March 31.
The investigation into Relisha's death is still open, as Washington City Paper reported.
Photo via Mt. Paran Baptist Church