"Wanda Alston, the woman who served as Mayor Anthony Williams’ liaison to the lesbian and gay community, was found murdered in her Washington DC home this evening. Alston, a longtime Democratic activist, was the head of the Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs.
According to sources on the scene, Police Chief Charles Ramsey personally responded to Alston’s home after the body was discovered at approximately 5:45 Wednesday evening. The city’s school board adjourned early to allow president Peggy Cooper Cafritz and vice president Mirian Saez, both friends of Alston’s, to go to the scene."
