The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has identified the body found in a Southwest D.C. trash can in early January as 42-year-old Harry Keels from Washington, D.C. The discovery was made after officers responded to a report of human remains on January 3 at approximately 9:25 a.m. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers located the body of a man inside a trash can.
Subsequently, the body was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy. The results revealed that the cause of death was a gunshot wound, and the authorities have classified it as a homicide. MPD is urging anyone with information related to this incident to come forward and contact them at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to 50411.