by Brian Roan
December 4, 2008 -- After two weeks of investigation, police continue to investigate the death of Davonn Denise Dupree, the 14-year-old runaway from Springfield, Virginia who was found dead in the stairwell of a Silver Spring apartment building in the early morning hours of November 18.
According to a statement released by the Montgomery County Police Department, a call reporting "suspicious activity" in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring came in at 1:30 a.m. Police and emergency vehicles arrived at the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard, and pronounced Dupree dead at the scene.
Dupree's death was "attributed to multiple injuries," according to the Medical Examiner's Office, and was ruled a homicide, but no further information was available.
Following the discovery of her body, police released photographs of as-of-yet unidentified Dupree's clothing and jewelry in an attempt to ascertain her identity. For a short time following a tentative identification, the police withheld Dupree's name from the public so that they could continue their investigation unimpeded, as well as inform her family.
Two weeks later, no further information of note has been discovered, a spokesman for the PGCPD said.
The detectives pursuing the investigation are looking for the male caller who first informed them about the "suspicious activity" as well as two occupants of a red Lexus that was reportedly at the scene during the time of the call.
December 4, 2008 -- After two weeks of investigation, police continue to investigate the death of Davonn Denise Dupree, the 14-year-old runaway from Springfield, Virginia who was found dead in the stairwell of a Silver Spring apartment building in the early morning hours of November 18.
According to a statement released by the Montgomery County Police Department, a call reporting "suspicious activity" in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring came in at 1:30 a.m. Police and emergency vehicles arrived at the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard, and pronounced Dupree dead at the scene.
Dupree's death was "attributed to multiple injuries," according to the Medical Examiner's Office, and was ruled a homicide, but no further information was available.
Following the discovery of her body, police released photographs of as-of-yet unidentified Dupree's clothing and jewelry in an attempt to ascertain her identity. For a short time following a tentative identification, the police withheld Dupree's name from the public so that they could continue their investigation unimpeded, as well as inform her family.
Two weeks later, no further information of note has been discovered, a spokesman for the PGCPD said.
The detectives pursuing the investigation are looking for the male caller who first informed them about the "suspicious activity" as well as two occupants of a red Lexus that was reportedly at the scene during the time of the call.
Davonn Denise Dupree (courtesy Fairfax Public Schools)
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