Washington DC faces soaring homicide rates linked to plunging clearances
Though it's no longer the homicide capital of the United States , the nation's capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them. And for families of the victims, the issue of unsolved killings cuts deep. Asiyah Timimi's husband, Aqueel, was stabbed in a dispute in January 2021 and died several days later. "You just don’t feel safe until they’re caught," Timimi said. "I could be walking past the person that killed my husband." WASHINGTON, DC