Throughout the legal career of an experienced Washington DC criminal lawyer, it is common to represent a number of individuals who have been accused of a variety of criminal charges, including murder charges. Being located in a large, metropolitan city, some cases require years for law enforcement officials to solve, causing legal action to be taken years later. Such are the circumstances in the recent murder trial of a DC woman who vanished over ten years ago.

Although Yolanda Baker, 35, has been missing for almost eleven years, nobody was ever discovered and authorities only officially declared her dead last year. However, police officers have arrested her former boyfriend, Terrance Barnett, 45, on alleged DC murder charges in the first degree. Despite their difficult relationship, Barnett maintains his innocence in this case.

In the last thirty years, this is only the third time that a murder trial has proceeded, even though it was considered a "no body" case because they are incredibly difficult to successfully prosecute. Not only has a body not been found, but no murder weapon was found, and no cause of death has been established. In addition to a missing corpse, no eyewitnesses have been found with any information pertaining to Baker's disappearance or death. Although drops of Baker's blood were found in the trunk of her vehicle in the week following her disappearance, no DNA from Barnett was discovered.

This article is presented by Price Benowitz, LLP, representing clients in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. For more information, please visit our Maryland Criminal Lawyers and Virginia Criminal Lawyers website.