[BiffSchneider]

Was she wearing her ID badge? Probably not.

[areafiftyone]

Looks like she was off duty shopping with her husband I doubt she was wearing her badge. I think she was in the wrong place at the wrong time just like all the victims.

[Kip Lange]

So many people in that area work in/for the Gov. that this strikes me as probably purely random...hit as many people as this guy has in that area and you're bound to hit someone who looks like they might fit a pattern you don't actually have.

[BiffSchneider]

"Police Release Sketches of Vehicles"
"The sketches show a Ford Econo van and a Chevy Astro van. Each is white and has a ladder rack on top."
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?sid=11979&nid=25

Also, according to http://www.wtop.com/index.php?sid=9957&nid=104 , "A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said another witness gave a description of a dark-skinned, possibly Hispanic or Middle Eastern, man in a white van."

[aristeides]

With her job, I suppose it's possible she was working on Columbus Day. I wonder if she was. If she was, it's possible she was wearing her badge.