Keyon Slaughter, a 28-year-old resident of Waldorf, Maryland, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Dana Bailey, Jr. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Slaughter pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed on June 20, 2025. Judge Danya Dayson handed down the sentence on September 12, 2025. In addition to his prison term, Slaughter will serve five years of supervised release.
Court documents show that on December 5, 2022, at about 10:15 a.m., Slaughter entered Dana Bailey Jr.’s residence in Southeast Washington, D.C. Inside the apartment, he confronted Mr. Bailey and shot him once in the chest with a .40 caliber handgun. Slaughter then left the scene. At the time of the incident, Slaughter was involved in a relationship with Mr. Bailey’s wife; she was indicted alongside Slaughter and later pleaded guilty to obstructing justice.
Slaughter was already on supervised probation for an armed robbery conspiracy conviction from Charles County, Maryland dating back to 2019 when this offense occurred. He was arrested in July 2023 and has remained detained since then.
Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence.
“In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from MPD’s Homicide Branch.”
“Finally, they commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles R. Jones, who prosecuted the case.”
