Mom and Daughter ‘Vanished Without a Trace’ One February Afternoon
Missing
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Shooting
January 29, 2023
2 Children Hurt After Deadly Shooting on Baltimore Street
A man is dead and four people — including two children — injured after gunfire broke out at a busy West Baltimore intersection Saturday night. Baltimore police said a 23-year-old woman was driving through the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street just after 6:30 p.m. when gunfire broke out, according to the Baltimore Sun. …
Missing
November 22, 2022
Baltimore Teen Girl Has Been Missing Since Friday
Police in Baltimore are asking for help finding a 13-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since Friday. Kayla Davis was last seen in Northwest Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Police Department. She was last seen wearing khaki pants, a black and orange jacket, and black and white sneakers, officials said. She’s described as 5 feet …
Court
October 28, 2022
Judge Who Presided Over Syed Adnan’s Murder Trial Stands By His Conviction
“Substantial direct and circumstantial evidence” supported a jury’s guilty verdict for since-cleared murder suspect Adnan Syed, according to the now-retired judge who presided over his trial in 2000. Wanda Keyes Heard, who retired in 2019, submitted an affidavit in support of the legal challenge by murder victim Hae Min Lee’s family, who are seeking more …
Court
September 14, 2022
Prosecutors File to Vacate 1999 Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed, Whose Case Gained Fame Through the Podcast ‘Serial’
Baltimore prosecutors have filed a motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained international prominence as a result of the podcast “Serial.” Syed, 42, was convicted in 2000 of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, who was 18 at the time of her death in 1999, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
Shooting
November 14, 2021
Off-Duty Cop Getting a Haircut Kills Suspect Who Fatally Shot Barber
An off-duty Baltimore police sergeant shot and killed a man who burst into a barber shop where he was getting a Saturday afternoon haircut and fatally shot a barber. The barber shop shooter is also suspected of two other shootings earlier on Saturday, one leaving a victim dead and the other leaving a victim in …
Assault
July 9, 2021
Baltimore cop hides dead stepson’s body in hole in the wall, tries to disarm officers arresting him: Docs
A suspended Maryland police officer allegedly hid his 15-year-old stepson’s body in a hole in the wall in his loft, telling police officers searching for the boy the area was his “gun safe.” Baltimore Police Officer Eric G. Banks Jr, 34, was suspended without pay on Tuesday after his arrest on charges of assaulting a …
Murder
June 20, 2020
Pregnant mom, 3-year-old daughter shot to death, bodies left in car
Baltimore police found a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter dead in a car just before noon Friday and later arrested the man believed to be the father of the unborn child for the crime. Police said they arrested Devon Sample, 24, not long after finding the bodies of Shiand Miller, 23, and Shaniya Gilmore, …
Coronavirus
April 8, 2020
Baltimore police sergeant filmed purposefully coughing near public housing residents
A Baltimore police sergeant is reportedly under investigation after he was seen in an Instagram video intentionally coughing near residents of a public housing complex in southeast Baltimore in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The coughing prompted a profanity laced diatribe from the woman filming the video and other people down the street, who …
Road Rage
October 14, 2019
TODDLER SHOT in Baltimore road rage incident
A toddler is hospitalized but expected to survive after he was shot in a road rage incident in Baltimore over the weekend. Javon Johnson, 33, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and various handgun related charges, Baltimore police said, according to WJZ. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told the Baltimore Sun that investigators believe the …
Famous Murder Cases
March 8, 2019
Adnan Syed, convicted killer subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, is denied a new trial by appeals court: Reports
The widespread attention his case received as part of a popular podcast was not enough to secure one Maryland convict a new trial. According to KFYR, Adnan Syed will remain behind bars to serve a life sentence despite the fact that the state’s court of appeals agreed his legal team presented a deficient defense during …
Violent Crime
December 2, 2018
Good Samaritan stabbed to death after rolling down car window to help woman with baby holding ‘Help’ sign
A 53-year-old woman was stabbed to death after she rolled down her window in Baltimore on early Sunday morning to help someone holding a baby and a sign for help. FOX5 News reports Jacquelyn Smith and her family spotted a younger woman holding a sign that read “Please Help me feed my Baby,” while holding an infant, …