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Murder-suicide
Police & Fire
Police ID Wanted Man, Victim Involved In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Maryland
New details have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police following an apparent murder-suicide in Rockville on Thursday morning. Police say that a wanted man from Laurel is responsible for the fatal shooting of 60-year-old Gaithersburg resident Civil Jean Calixte before taking his own life during a traffic stop. According to the department, at approximately 7:50 a.m. on Aug. 29, officers were called to the 14900 block of Southlawn Lane to investigate a shooting, where they found Calixte, and a witness advised that a gray Toyota Tacoma was seen fleeing the area. Calixte w…
Obituaries
Maryland Woman Killed At Rice University 'Was Beacon Of Light, Source Of Inspiration'
The Maryland woman who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide shortly after returning to Rice University for the new semester is being remembered as a "vibrant soul who brought warmth and joy wherever she went." This week, Nottingham resident Andrea Rodriguez Avila was identified as the person found during a welfare check by campus police at the university, where she was an incoming junior. University officials confirmed that Avila was found dead in her Jones College room, along with another man who suffered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was not a member of the Rice community a…
Police & Fire
Police ID Family Involved In Overnight Murder-Suicide In Maryland
New details have been released by the Howard County Police Department after the patriarch of a family died at the hospital following a murder-suicide in Elkridge on Thursday night. Nayyar Abbas Syed, 61, the believed shooter, was pronounced dead at St. Agnes hospital overnight, according to officials, who also identified his other victims. The shooting suspect's wife, Syeda Aalia Nayyar, 57; daughter, Syeda Fatima, 25; and daughter-in-law, Alizey Fatima, 33, were all pronounced dead at the scene. His son, Muhammad Ali Hamza, 31, is currently at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma…
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Man, 11-Year-Old Girl Dead In Maryland Murder-Suicide: Police
Police have identified the man and 11-year-old girl who died in a murder-suicide at a Maryland home Wednesday night. Police believe Curtis Lynch, 38, shot a woman and 11-year-old Mailyn Turkes before turning the gun on himself at a home on the 6900 block of Stansbury Lane in Landover around 9:30 p.m. Both Lynch and Turkes were pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman was taken to a nearby hospital and was listed in critical but stable condition. Lynch is the victim’s stepfather, police added. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation. The woman is related to both the su…
Obituaries
Toddler Killed By Father In MD Remembered For 'Strongest Of Personalities'
A heartbroken family is still searching for answers days after the death of beloved 2-year-old Sterling Glover Petty in Maryland who was killed by his father in a grisly murder-suicide. Sterling was shockingly shot by his father, Kenneth Petty, who then turned the gun on himself on Sunday, Dec. 10 in Prince George's County in what his family described as a "senseless act of violence," and "unimaginable tragedy." "We find ourselves grappling with unanswered questions, intense grief, shock, and the overwhelming burden of laying our little one to rest," organizers of a GoFundMe for his m…
News
Police ID Father, Infant Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide
New details have been released by the Prince George's County Police Department as they continue to investigate a murder-suicide involving a father and his infant son. Suitland resident Kenneth Petty, 38, has been identified as the man who allegedly shot and killed 2-year-old Sterling Glover Petty, of Frederick, after the two were found suffering from fatal gunshot wounds inside a car over the weekend Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at around 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 1200 block of Mercantile Lane in the Largo area to conduct a welfare check, ac…
News
Murder-Suicide Involving Child Reported By Police In Maryland (
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An investigation has been launched in Prince George's County after an apparent murder-suicide involving a child, police say. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at around 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 1200 block of Mercantile Lane in Upper Marlboro to conduct a welfare check, according to authorities. Upon arrival, they were met by a grisly scene. Police say that the officers found a man and child inside a car both suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. According to investigators, detectives believe…
Police & Fire
Mother Kills Teen Son In Murder-Suicide Following Move To Maryland, Police Say
Police say that a mother shot and killed her 16-year-old son before turning the gun on herself in a grisly murder-suicide that is under investigation in Maryland. Dorian Jaeger was reportedly shot in the woods by his mother, Natalie Jaeger, who also killed herself following a recent move from Milwaukee to Lanham in Prince George's County. According to police, officers were called to a wooded area in the 10400 block of Greenbelt Road at around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, where there was a report of two dead bodies that were located by passersby. The initial investigation determined t…
Police & Fire
Police ID Retired Service Member, Son Involved In Maryland Murder-Suicide (
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Police have identified the family members involved in a murder-suicide in Anne Arundel County that remains under investigation. Officers were first called at around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton, where they found 34-year-old Steven Michael Nabakowski suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police Activity - Units on scene of a suspicious death in the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton. More information will follow when available. pic.twitter.com/yQk8Bz5vRB — Anne Arundel County Police Department (@AACOPD) November 1, 2023 According to p…
Police & Fire
Police Probing Apparent Murder-Suicide Involving Father, Son In Maryland (
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An investigation into an apparently murder-suicide involving a father and son is under investigation in Anne Arundel County, police say. Officers were first called at around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton to investigate a reported suspicious death involving a 34-year-old man who was found inside a home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police Activity - Units on scene of a suspicious death in the 500 block of Retreat Court in Odenton. More information will follow when available. pic.twitter.com/yQk8Bz5vRB — Anne Arundel County Police D…
News
Girl Orphaned: MD Man Shot PA Mom Before Turning Gun On Himself
A police standoff in York County has ended with a murder-suicide, York County Coroner Pam Gay told Daily Voice. A 31-year-old Prince George's, Maryland resident Devon Elias shot 29-year-old Megan Caitlyn Saunders in the chest before shooting himself in the head, around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to the York County Coroner's office. Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech was called to the scene to investigate and certify the deaths at 2:47 p.m. This incident is from an "apparent domestic incident" and the time of death was recorded as 3:35 p.m., as stated in the coroner's release…
Obituaries
Murder-Suicide Victims Mourned In Harford County
Support was mounting for three family members killed in a quadruple murder-suicide last weekend in Harford County. Sherlyn Ann Pitts, 65; her niece, Sheena Yvonne Smothers, 38; and Sheena's 17-year-old son, Jaylin, died on Saturday, Aug. 26 in Joppatowne. Police say 34-year-old Devin Brown shot them on Trimble Road, then turned the gun on himself. Sherlyn was his mother. A GoFundMe page for the family says Sherlyn was the oldest of six siblings, and "was soon about to retire from a job where she was cherished, loved and admired for her positive and comforting attitude.…
Police & Fire
Police ID Family Killed In Quadruple Maryland Murder-Suicide
An apparent murder-suicide is under investigation in Maryland after four people were found dead over the weekend. Shortly after 11:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, Aug. 26, deputies from the sheriff’s office were called to the 300 block of Trimble Road in Joppatowne (Harford County) to investigate what they thought initially was an active shooter situation, the sheriff's office said. A police spokesperson said that the victims have been identified as Sheryn Ann Pitts, 65, Sheena Yvonne Smothers, 38, and a teen who has not been identified. The suspected shooter, who also died is 34-year-old Dev…
Police & Fire
Murder
Suicide
: 6-Year-Old Among 3 Found Dead In Maryland Welfare Check (
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A 6-year-old boy and two adults were found dead in what police are calling a double murder suicide in Baltimore County. Officers called to the home on the 1000 block of Kenilworth Drive in Towson for a welfare check found the bodies of three people around noon on Friday, Aug. 18, county police said. Yogesh H. Nagarajappa, 37, is believed to have killed 6-year-old Yash Honnal and 37-year-old Prathiba Y. Amarnath before turning the gun on himself, police said. Authorities did not say how the three were related. The Office of the Chief Medical Officer will complete a thorough examination…
Police & Fire
MD Girls Orphaned After Murder-Suicide Enveloped By Community
Two Marylands girls who will live the rest of their lives without either of their parents, who died in a double-murder suicide, are being embraced by their community. Alexandra "Ally" Abbott Huff, 34, was shot and killed by her husband, George Edward Huff, 42, outside of an Annapolis Holiday Inn Express on Friday, May 5, Anne Arundel police said. George also fatally shot innocent bystander George Michael Petrullo, 38, before turning the gun on himself, police said. A GoFundMe launched for the Huffs' daughters, Maddie and Emily, ages 3 and 5, says Ally loved them "more than anything in the …
News
Murder-Suicide Couple ID'd In York County: Coroner
A husband shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in York County on Saturday, April 8, 2023, authorities say. Ronald Kinard, 85, was found dead in the yard of a home in the 6600 block of Sunrise Avenue in Wrightsville, Hellam Township and was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m.; Grace Kinard, 85, was found inside the home with several gunshot wounds to chest and neck and was pronounced dead at 12:11 p.m. by York County Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert and Supervising Deputy Coroner Molly York. The Kinards died several hours before authorities were called at 11:14 a.m., according to th…
News
Inside Pennsylvania Family's Chilling Suicide Pact
The Daub family's bodies were arranged in a straight line across the backyard of their York County home when police arrived at the scene on Wednesday, Jan. 25, they said. Notes inside of their Loman Avenue home in West Manchester Township detailed exactly how Morgan, 26, and her parents, James, 62, and Deborah, 59, planned on dying, police said in a statement emailed to Daily Voice. And the chilling scene reflected just those, police said: Deborah killed James, Morgan killed Deborah, and then Morgan — who according to PennLive died holding a sword that read "Sword of the Lord — then killed …
News
PA Mom Who Gave Daughter Fentanyl Posted Bizarre YouTube Video Before Murder-Suicide Attempt
The day before a Pennsylvania mom gave her 8-year-old daughter fentanyl and opiate-laced apple juice (as detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice) she posted a bizarre YouTube video. The 8-year-old girl is now in emergency custody of relatives after 29-year-old Skye Contance Naggy allegedly attempted to commit murder-suicide using fentanyl she purchase "on the dark net" because "God told her they would die soon," police detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. While searching for Naggy and her daughter on Oct. 25, the police found the laced a…
Obituaries
Beloved Son, Big Brother Remembered For 'Spreading Infectious Love, Happiness' In Maryland
The family of a man killed in a horrific murder-suicide in Maryland over the weekend is remembering him for spreading his "infectious love" in a GoFundMe campaign launched in his memory. Jovon Watson, 23, was killed on the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 4, in a La Plata home in the 3000 block of Wildflower Drive, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Andre Sales, 28, killed Watson, along with Sara Mann, 21, her brother, Kai Mann, 18, their mother, Sommaly "Sunny" Mann, 48, as well as himself on that tragic day. People across the world are mourning the loss of Jovon, who "spread love and happin…
Police & Fire
Children Orphaned In Horrific Murder-Suicide That Left Five Dead In Maryland
Two babies were left orphaned and several families grieving after a man killed the mother of his children, her family and one other person this weekend in Maryland, according to officials and the Daily Mail. Andre Sales, 28, is believed to have entered the La Plata home killing his ex-girlfriend, Sara Mann, 21; her brother, Kai Mann, 18; their mother, Sommaly "Sunny" Mann, 48; and another male who was inside, Javon Watson, 23 of White Plains, around 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, according to a spokesperson from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Sales then turned the gun on himself, officials sa…
Police & Fire
Boyfriend Kills Ex, Family In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Maryland: Sheriff
Authorities in Maryland are investigating a suspected murder-suicide that left five dead after a man allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, her family, and himself during a violent incident in Charles County. Andre Sales, 28, has been identified as the gunman who entered a home in La Plata shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, and allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend, Sara Mann, 21; her brother, Kai Mann, 18; their mother, Sommaly Mann, 48; and another male who was inside, Javon Watson, 23 of White Plains. (2/3) When officers entered the house, they located five people who were decease…
News
Parents, Children Killed In Maryland Murder-Suicide Identified (
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The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of the two adults and three children who were killed on Friday, Sept. 9 in a possible murder-suicide inside a quiet cul-de-sac in Maryland. Police confirmed that parents Marcus Edward Milligan, 39, and Tara Devina Ricker Milligan, 37, were both killed in a Hebron Court home in Elk Mills, along with children Teresa Milligan, 14, Nora Milligan, 11, and Finn Milligan, 8. All five died from gunshot wounds, according to officials. Deputies from the sheriff's office were alerted to the shooting near Elk Mills Road shortly after 9:…
News
Parents, Children Killed In Maryland Murder-Suicide Identified
The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of the two adults and three children who were killed on Friday, Sept. 9 in a possible murder-suicide inside a quiet cul-de-sac in Maryland. Police confirmed that parents Marcus Edward Milligan, 39, and Tara Devina Ricker Milligan, 37, were both killed in a Hebron Court home in Elk Mills, along with children Teresa Milligan, 14, Nora Milligan, 11, and Finn Milligan, 8. All five died from gunshot wounds, according to officials. Deputies from the sheriff's office were alerted to the shooting near Elk Mills Road shortly after 9:15 a…
Police & Fire
Maryland Dad Kills Kids, Wife Before Turning Gun On Himself: Authorities
New information has been released by police investigators in Maryland after five were found dead in Cecil County in a potential murder-suicide. Officials are saying that three children and two adults were found dead of gunshot wounds inside a Hebron Court home in Elkton after the Cecil County Sheriff's Office responded to reported gunshots in the normally quiet cul-de-sac on Friday, Sept. 9. Deputies from the sheriff's office were alerted to the shooting near Elk Mills Road shortly after 9:15 a.m. on Thursday morning by a man who said that the children and a woman was fatally shot. The cal…
Police & Fire
Four Dead In Eerily Similar Baltimore County Incidents Hours Apart
Two separate Baltimore County couples are dead after eerily similar circumstances only hours apart, authorities say. On the evening of Saturday, July 9, detectives were called to the 5500 block of Cataphal Avenue for what they believe to be a murder-suicide, according to Baltimore police. Michelle Lindsey, 48, and 57-year-old man were located with gunshot wounds and rushed to a nearby hospital around 5:15 p.m., where they later succumbed to their injuries. Less than 12 hours later, detectives received a call for an alleged assault in the 8700 block of Lackawanna Avenue.&nb…
Police & Fire
Murder-suicide
: Victims ID'd By Maryland State Police
Police have released the names of two men - believed to be related - involved in an apparent murder-suicide in Maryland, authorities announced. Princess Anne residents Richard Cantrell III, 35, and Michael Jarman, 61, were pronounced dead inside their Somerset Country home in the 32000 block of West Post Office Road in Princess Anne at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, according to officials. Upon arrival at the home, members of the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack said that they found both men, each with an apparent gunshot wound. Both Cantrell and Jarman were pronou…
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