Update: Police investigate double homicide

The identities of the victims in the double homicide earlier this week have been confirmed.

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, we responded to the 0 to 100 block of Kincora Grove N.W. for reports of a person in medical distress. Upon arrival, officers located a man in his 70s deceased.

As officers continued to investigate, a second victim, a woman in her 30s, was located deceased in the 300 block of Tuscany Ridge Heights N.W., at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Sunday Dec. 29, 2024.

Autopsies completed today, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed the identities of the victims as Stanislaw WARDZALA, 71, and his daughter, Anna KAMINSKI, 33.

The suspect in the homicide was located deceased in the Water Valley area on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.

There are no further investigative updates at this time.

Case # CA24538194/CA24538214/4367