Police release sketch of suspect in death of woman in Greenbelt parking lot

The police have released a sketch of the suspect in the killing of Bettie Jenifer in a Greenbelt, Maryland, parking lot earlier this month. (Courtesy Greenbelt Police Department)

The police have released a sketch of the suspect in the killing of a woman in a Greenbelt, Maryland, parking lot earlier this month.

Click to expand. (Courtesy Greenbelt Police Department)

Bettie Jenifer, 44, was shot dead in front of about 10 witnesses on May 10 as she walked from the employment agency she owned.

Greenbelt police said a gunman chased her down in the parking lot, shot her in front of witnesses and ran off.

The police released the sketch Friday. They haven’t named a suspect or a motive yet.

Jenifer married Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh last October. She was still in the process of divorcing Kedrick Jenifer, a convicted Baltimore-area drug dealer serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison, whose house in Bowie she was reportedly living in.

“Our investigators do not believe this was random,” police department spokesman George Mathews told The Associated Press at the time. “It was very brazen – it happened in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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