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Judge halts hearing in intern murder case

A D.C. Superior Court judge halted a key hearing Friday in the murder case of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern killed near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in June 2025. The decision followed a determination that defense attorney Jailen Lucas’s public defender had a conflict, potentially putting the three defendants’ February trial date in doubt.

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