Lamare Larkins

Lamare Larkins was known in public records as a young man who lived in Southeast Washington, D.C. At the time of his death he was 27 years old and listed as residing on the 3000 block of Stanton Road SE. While the available public record about his private life is limited, these basic details point to someone whose everyday life was tied to a close neighborhood and community in the city.

Those who knew Lamare would have known him as a member of a local block and as a person whose age and location place him among many young adults shaping family and community life in Southeast D.C. Though contemporary coverage of his death centers on the loss and the investigation that followed, it is important to remember that behind the public record was a life with relationships and routines beyond what appears in reports.

More than a decade after his death on February 1, 2010, Lamare remains part of the city’s memory. This short remembrance recognizes him as a real person whose life mattered to neighbors and loved ones. The public notices and news accounts that record his death also serve as reminders of the human being at the center of those records — a young Washingtonian with ties to his Southeast neighborhood whose passing left unanswered questions for people who cared about him.