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MEDIA ADVISORY - Montgomery County Police to Hold News Conference on Arrest in 1995 Cold Case Homicide

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

WHO:

• Chief Marc Yamada, Montgomery County Department of Police
• Assistant Chief Willie Parker-Loan, Investigative Services Bureau
• Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright, D.C. Metropolitan Police
• John McCarthy, Montgomery County State’s Attorney
• Detectives from the Major Crimes Division – Homicide Section
• Detectives from the Missing Person/Cold Case Section

WHAT:
News conference to announce the arrest of a suspect in the 1995 homicide of 24-year-old Denna Fredericka Campbell, a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer

WHEN:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
12:15 p.m.

WHERE:
Montgomery County Department of Police Headquarters
First-Floor Conference Room
100 Edison Park Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

 

The Montgomery County Department of Police will hold a news conference regarding the arrest of a suspect in the 1995 killing of Officer Denna Campbell, who was found shot to death in her White Oak apartment by her live-in boyfriend, Amir Jalil Ali, (also known as Kenneth Burnell Wonsom).

Campbell was a four-year veteran of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department at the time of her death.

Media, please confirm attendance with Public Information Office.

Release ID: 25-375
Media Contact: S.D. Goff
Categories: arrest, cold-case, media-advisory