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Denise Middleton
Silver Spring, MD
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Pregnant Girlfriend’s Decomposing Body Led To Historic 3-Life-Term Sentence In MoCo
He killed his pregnant girlfriend, her unborn baby, and a store clerk. Then he lived in the apartment with their decomposing bodies. Now, a 34-year-old man will die behind bars after receiving three life sentences in a case Montgomery County prosecutors call historic. Silver Spring resident Torrey Damien Moore has officially been removed from society after being sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 80 additional years for two separate, but connected murders — including what officials say is the first-ever conviction for the murder of a viable fetus in Montgomery County h…
Silver Spring, MD
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Silver Spring Man Convicted Of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend, Unborn Fetus In Historic Case
A Silver Spring man has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her viable fetus in what prosecutors say is a historic ruling in Montgomery County. Torrey Damien Moore, 33, was found guilty Friday, Nov. 22, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for the deaths of Denise Middleton, 26, who was eight and a half months pregnant with an unborn child when he shot her seven times. The case marks the first time Montgomery County has secured a murder conviction for the death of a viable fetus, officials said Moore was also convicted of: Two counts of use…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Pregnant GF's Murder Trial Looms For Maryland Gunman Convicted Of Gas Station Killing
Before Torrey Moore is sentenced in the killing of Ayalew Wondimu, he'll be standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend, who was eight months pregnant, officials said in announcing his recent conviction. Torrey Damien Moore, 33, of Silver Spring, has been found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence and illegal possession of a regulated firearm for the 2022 shooting death of 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu, the Montomgery State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday, May 17. The killing happened at the Shell Gas station on New Hamp…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Torrey Moore Found Unfit To Stand Trial For Murdering Pregnant Woman in Maryland
The man accused of gunning down a gas station clerk in Maryland while the body of his decomposing pregnant former lover lay in his White Oak apartment has been deemed not competent to stand trial. Torrey Moore made his latest court appearance on Monday, Dec. 19 for his roles in the murder of Ayalew Wondimu and the death of his 26-year-old paramour Denise Middleton, whose body was found eight months pregnant in his apartment. According to court officials, Moore is unfit to stand trial. Moore had been scheduled for a bond hearing on Thursday, Dec. 15, which was continued pending his mental …
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Decomposing Fetus In Murder Suspect's Maryland Home ID'd By Police
Montgomery County police investigators announced on Thursday that they have identified the 26-year-old pregnant woman whose body was found decomposing in Damien Moore's Maryland apartment during a murder investigation last week. Denise Middleton’s pregnant body was found inside Moore's White Oak apartment on Friday, Dec. 9, by Montgomery County Police detectives after she was killed sometime in October, according to investigators. Middleton was found in the bedroom of the Oak Leaf Drive apartment, according to police, in an advanced stage of decomposition. Her body was transported to the …
