Arrest Made in Stabbing Death of Runner in Logan Circle [Wendy K. Martinez]

NBC News ^ | Sept 20, 2018 | Erica Jones

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An arrest has been made in the stabbing death of a 35-year-old woman who was attacked as she jogged through D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood.

Wendy Martinez of Northwest Washington was out for a run in the 1400 block of 11th Street NW when she was stabbed multiple times just before 8 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested Wednesday night, sources tell News4.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Peter Newsham were scheduled to appear at a news conference Thursday morning to give an update on the case.

After the stabbing, Martinez staggered into a nearby carryout restaurant. She collapsed a short time later.

The manager of the restaurant said he heard someone scream and saw Martinez covered in blood.

"I scared. I don’t know what happened, and I just try to call police," said the manager, who asked not to be identified.

Strangers rushed to the woman's side to help her, and the manager called 911. Martinez died of her injuries a short time later.

Police released surveillance video Wednesday afternoon showing the suspect walking along 11th Street NW. Footage from another camera shows him walking with a knife in his hand.

The knife used in the stabbing was found nearby.

D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said police do not have a motive yet, but the "unsettling" attack was likely random.

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TheBridge profile: Wendy Martinez

Name: Wendy Martinez

Current city: Washington, DC

Current job: Chief of Staff, FiscalNote

Past job: Partnership Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Q. Favorite spot for a coffee meeting? Swings Coffee near Metro Center or Bourbon Coffee on the Hill

Q. Describe one skill you learned in a previous job that helped you in your current job. Being adaptable and identifying solutions to address challenges despite the circumstances. In my previous role, I negotiated high level partnerships and knew from the beginning that creating a "win-win" required being flexible, willingness to compromise, and being able to moving forward with the information at hand. When you work at a start-up, ambiguity is king and being able to adapt to the unknown, while positively contributing to the organization, is key for success. In my role, not one day is the same, and I need to be flexible enough each day to successfully navigate what's ahead, while still achieving my goals.

Q. Job advice in three words? Focus on solutions

Q. How are you (or your company, org, nonprofit) currently bridging the gap between politics and tech? FiscalNote is a technology solution that is helping connect the world to its governments. We are revolutionizing the way organizations manage issues and interactions with all levels of government.

Q. Best advice you've received? Pay close attention to why a person is saying something. Often times, we focus on the tone and message of what is being said, but fail to understand the motivation behind a person's statement. Once you figure this out, the outcome of the discussion will be different. 

Q. Most underrated virtue in an employee? Empathy

Q. Startup to watch? Shameless plug: FiscalNote.

Q. How do you unwind afterwork? I'm a runner and also love H.I.I.T workouts. After work, you'll either find me running around the city or at my local (and favorite) studio in DC working up a sweat. 

https://www.thebridgework.com/people/wendy-martinez

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Re: FiscalNote’s Wendy Martinez Killed in Logan Circle Stabbing
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FiscalNote is a privately held software, data, and media company headquartered in Washington DC. The company was founded by Timothy Hwang in 2013, with the help of Gerald Yao and Jonathan Chen.[5].

FiscalNote provides software tools and platforms, data services, and news to companies and organizations through the FiscalNote Government Relationship Management (GRM) service, its core revenue-generating product[6][3][7][8].

According to Entrepreneur Magazine, the GRM “aggregates legislation, regulations and government filings from thousands of federal, state and local agencies, uses artificial intelligence to structure it and normalize it, and delivers personalized data feeds to companies to show how government may be impacting their businesses.”

It is primarily used by Congressional offices, law firms, trade associations, lobbyists, corporations, embassies, federal contractors, and public affairs professionals. [9]. It now covers over 40 countries around the world and hopes to reach all 200 by 2019.[2]

FiscalNote is also the owner of media companies Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, which it acquired from The Economist Group in 2018[10][11].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiscalNote

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• Wendy Martinez of Northwest DC was attacked Tuesday evening while jogging.

• She had just gotten engaged a week earlier, her family said. She was chief of staff at a software and data company.

• Police released surveillance video Wednesday afternoon showing the suspect walking along 11th Street NW.

[LibWhacker]

Demons in our midst.

[headstamp 2]

Feral predatory animals.

[Notthereyet]

She practically told the killer where to find her. I find it appalling how much information people reveal on sites. Sigh. HOPE THEY NAIL THE KILLER TO THE WALL.

[Hojczyk]

We need to bring back public hangings...

The trail in two weeks..not months

Appeal one week later and then boom..

How many millions will be spent on the shooter in Florida???

[Nifster]

Name of suspect?

[Bonemaker]

Q. Where do you live? In a murderous, corrupt, crime ridden democrat run big city shithole.

[mewzilla]

And note that the local constabulary announced this during breaking news about the mass shooting in MD. Not near a boo tube. Are any of the cable news nets covering the jogger story?

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In a statement mourning her death, her family reportedly said she had gotten engaged last week.

They remembered her as a “devout Christian” and “avid runner” who was dedicated to her friends and driven to pursue her professional dreams.

“Everything you hope that a daughter and a friend would be,” her family said, adding, “Simply put, Wendy was fearfully and wonderfully made! Now we know she has found the one whom her soul loved. (Song of Solomon 3:4).”

[rjsimmon]

She practically told the killer where to find her.

I do not believe the killer stalked her. I full well believe he was simply out to kill a white person, a woman, preferably since they tend to put up the least amount of resistance.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I like what Dean Martins said in ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO.

“Lock him up. We’ll hang him tomorrow right after the trial.”

[cweese]

"Name of suspect?"

Feral Dindu is my guess at this point.

[stboz]

Mustapha bin yer Momma

[utahagen]

You’re right that people have to be careful about revealing too much about themselves on social media. However, chances are it’s going to turn out this guy was a random psycho who simply spotted her walking down the street (as opposed to someone who first cyberstalked her).

[szweig]

Five’ll get you ten it’s an ‘ez’ brother.

[csvset]

Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Anthony Crawford.

23-year-old man arrested in stabbing death of DC jogger

[wally_bert]

Good movie.

[Jewbacca]

“She practically told the killer where to find her.”

I doubt the killed knows what LinkedIn is.

He just saw a pretty white girl jogging by and, filled with the rage the media and the Democrats spout, killed her.