DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD (WUSA)--Prince George's County Police say that at approximately 4:02AM Sunday, officers responded to the 7500 block of Marion Street in District Heights, Maryland, for a report of a stabbing.

Police say that when officers arrived at the location they found 28 year old Ralph Benard Thomas Jr, unresponsive, suffering from stab wounds. During the investigation police determined the stabbing actually occured at Silver Hill Road and Suitland Road. Thomas was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police are looking for a light blue or possibly a silver blue late model Chevy occupied by a black male and a black female.

This is the 17th homicide of 2011 in Prince George's County.

Five Homicide Convictions in Five Weeks

Today, Angela D. Alsobrooks, State’s Attorney for Prince George's County announced the results of a very busy start to the year: five murder convictions in five weeks.  “While we want to prevent murders by any means possible, my Assistant State’s Attorneys will prove that once we catch them, prosecute them and sentence them, we will take the killers off the streets and return peace of mind to our residents,” said Alsobrooks.

From a high profile murder for hire plot involving the killing of a teenaged girlfriend to a virtual case of fratricide, where a man kills his nephew the PGSAO has seen a wide array of cases in the last five weeks.

Murder for hire:

This story comes to us from Theresa E. Dozier:

In celebration of Black History Month, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III joined Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to kick-off its annual opening reception.  This year’s exhibit, The First 100 Years: The City of Glenarden, 1910-2010, celebrates the historical significance of Glenarden and the people who have contributed to the culturally diverse community that it has become.