GUILTY MD - Ebony Franklin, 17, Capitol Heights, 29 November 2010

The body of a young woman was found in a trash receptacle in Northwest Washington on Monday.

The body was in an alley behind the 1000 block of Fairmont Street in Columbia Heights, authorities said. The discovery was reported to police about 1 p.m.

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The receptacle was behind a multi-unit apartment building near 11th and Fairmont.

One resident of the building said a neighbor told him of spotting the body. The resident recalled his neighbor telling him that he "saw tennis shoes sticking out."

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DC police have identified the body of a teenage girl found dumped in a trash can.

The victim is 17-year-old Ebony Franklin, who was reported missing. Her body was discovered around 1:00 p.m. Monday in an alley near Fairmont and 11th Street in the northwest.

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Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746). The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.

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They say the body of a 17-year-old Ebony Franklin of Capitol Heights was found around 1:30 Monday afternoon on the 1000 block of Fairmont Street in NW. Police say she died of multiple stab wounds. She had been reported missing in Prince George's County.

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The father of a 17-year-old girl stabbed to death and sexually assaulted pleaded guilty to first degree murder Friday in connection with his daughter’s murder...

Prosecutors said McIntyre admitted that he had his daughter’s cell phone and threw it away. Authorities said McIntyre used the cellphone to send a text message to the victim’s mother saying: “Remember.the.*****.told.on.my.man.now.yoo.get.her.out.the.trash.”

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A father who pleaded guilty to killing his 17-year-old daughter was sentenced to 40 years behind bars.

Rodney McIntyre, who was charged in May, was sentenced Friday in D.C. Superior Court. He earlier pleaded guilty to first degree murder. McIntyre worked for an after-school program at Meyer Elementary School.

Court documents state that Ebony Franklin was stabbed 15 times and her body left in a trash dumpster in Columbia Heights on Nov. 25, 2010. The documents stated that DNA from the victim’s father, McIntyre, 45, was found inside the victim.

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