WesternArtist
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Have lurked along on this and many other LISK threads for a couple of years now. I need some help finding articles or documentation of the elderly woman that was raped, strangled, and dumped in the rocky point beach area. Unfortunately, a family member was the one to discover the body. If I recall the man was tried and convicted. I want to read way into it now that I remembered this. I seem to remember the story being very odd.
Any help is appreciated. Must've been around 2002 or so?
Is this the one?
Woman, 88, found dead in city was strangled ; Robbery likely motive in killing, police say: [FINAL Edition]
Irwin, Richard. The Sun; Baltimore, Md. [Baltimore, Md]02 Dec 2002: 2B.
CORRECTION: An article in yesterday's editions on the killing of an elderly woman incorrectly described the Greenhill Apartments on Violet Avenue, her residence in Northwest Baltimore. Greenhill is an apartment building for the elderly and disabled. The Sun regrets the error.An 88-year-old woman found dead over the weekend at an assisted- living facility in Northwest Baltimore had been strangled, city police said yesterday.
The death of Sarah Shannon, a longtime resident at the Greenhill Apartments in the 2500 block of Violet Ave., was ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner's office after an autopsy. Police said robbery might have been the motive.
Shannon was found dead in her apartment bedroom shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday by a female relative, who went to the apartment after unsuccessful attempts to phone her, police said.
Arriving officers reported that the woman was lying dead in her bed.
Police declined to say whether any implement had been used to kill the woman, or if property was missing from the apartment. They also declined to say whether the apartment had been entered by force.
Flora Marshall, 59, a 14-year-resident, said Shannon lived in one of Greenhill's two 13-story apartment buildings for a long time.
"She was a pleasant lady who was hard of hearing, and we often talked when we met," Marshall said.
French Williams, a Burns Security Agency employee working at Greenhill, said Shannon often stopped by and talked.
"She would come into the office often, and even though she couldn't hear well she would spend a few minutes with us," Williams said.
Homicide detectives continued last night to examine the woman's apartment for clues and had interviewed several residents.