Inset: Susan Cvengros (Metropolitan Police). Location: F Street NE, Washington, D.C. (Google Maps).
A Washington, D.C., man arrested for the alleged murder of his neighbor has been released from jail.
George Mudd, 71, faces a first‑degree murder charge for the stabbing death of his 24‑year‑old neighbor, Susan Cvengros. Washington, D.C.,‑based NBC affiliate WRC reported that Metropolitan Police secured the arrest after DNA evidence linked Mudd to the scene where Cvengros was discovered dead in her apartment.
Mudd remained in jail without bond until WRC reported his release on medical grounds. The case docket indicates that prosecutors did not contest the request for release.
Cvengros’s cousin, Sarah Powers, told WRC that Mudd’s release is “terrifying,” adding, “it just really scares me for the women of the D.C. area that he’s currently free.”
Court documents obtained by DC Witness reveal that Cvengros was found stabbed to death in her apartment on May 21, 1999. Police appealed to the public for years to identify the perpetrator. Metropolitan Police announced Mudd’s arrest on July 9, 2025, in connection with Cvengros’s murder.
Police state that Mudd entered Cvengros’s apartment and stabbed her thirteen times in the neck and torso. The complaint notes that Cvengros “was alive when her throat was cut because there was froth, indicating that she was still breathing, drowning and conscious.” Investigators believe she suffered a sexual assault after the stabbing, citing DNA recovered from her body and nightgown that matched Mudd’s.
During a hearing covered by DC Witness, a judge affirmed probable cause to charge Mudd, citing the close proximity of his residence to Cvengros’s home and his reported habit of threatening women with “pointy objects” after drug use. Mudd pleaded guilty in 2000 to robbery and to threatening a woman with a box cutter. Police obtained his DNA during that investigation, enabling the later match to evidence found on Cvengros.
Mudd’s attorneys argued that their client, then seventy years old, suffered medical issues; nevertheless, a judge ordered him jailed without bond. In September, WRC reported that another judge contradicted this view, observing that Mudd “is not some springy 35‑ or 40‑year‑old. This man is,no offense, Mr. Mudd,this man is, like, over 70 years old, walks with a cane and has a multitude of medical issues.”
A hearing on September 11 granted Mudd pre‑trial release. He is scheduled to stand trial for murder in October 2027, with his next court appearance set for October 9.
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