A Northern California woman who was walking a dog was killed in a stabbing in Washington, D.C., officials said Wednesday. The woman has been identified as 27-year-old Margery Magill, who had recently completed her master's degree. She was from Yuba City. Eliyas Agregahegne, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with her death, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Police Department.Officers responded Tuesday evening to a report of an unconscious person in the 400 block of Irving Street in Northwest D.C., police said. When police got to the scene, they found Magill suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Magill was working as a dog walker for a family in the area when she was stabbed, police said at a news conference Wednesday. Neighbors heard her cry for help and came to her aid, but the attacker had already run away. Police said that there is no evidence to suggest that Magill knew Agregahegne. A motive is not clear. Surveillance video helped police identify Agregahegne as the suspect, police said. Jeff Magill, her father, told KCRA 3 that she had learned to love Washington, D.C., after spending time there through the UC Davis Washington Program. She traveled around the world helping develop better farming techniques for other countries, her family says. Her father says he wants people to remember the life she lived. “She cared about people. She put the extra thought into those kinds of things and put extra time in and just was a joy," said Jeff Magill.

A Northern California woman who was walking a dog was killed in a stabbing in Washington, D.C., officials said Wednesday.

The woman has been identified as 27-year-old Margery Magill, who had recently completed her master's degree. She was from Yuba City.


Eliyas Agregahegne, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with her death, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Courtesy of Jeff Magill Margery Magill

Officers responded Tuesday evening to a report of an unconscious person in the 400 block of Irving Street in Northwest D.C., police said.

When police got to the scene, they found Magill suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Magill was working as a dog walker for a family in the area when she was stabbed, police said at a news conference Wednesday. Neighbors heard her cry for help and came to her aid, but the attacker had already run away.

Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.) Eliyas Agregahegne

Police said that there is no evidence to suggest that Magill knew Agregahegne. A motive is not clear.

Surveillance video helped police identify Agregahegne as the suspect, police said.

Courtesy Jeff Magill Margery Magill

Jeff Magill, her father, told KCRA 3 that she had learned to love Washington, D.C., after spending time there through the UC Davis Washington Program.

She traveled around the world helping develop better farming techniques for other countries, her family says.

Her father says he wants people to remember the life she lived.

“She cared about people. She put the extra thought into those kinds of things and put extra time in and just was a joy," said Jeff Magill.