MD MD - Sarah Jane Forrester, 13, homicide, Baltimore County, 12 May 1999

[gentlemen_bug]

Sarah Jane Forrester was just 13 years old in 1999 when children discovered her body in a wooded area behind Belmont Park Apartments in Woodlawn.

It was May 12, 1999 at 9:34 a.m. when officers were called to the area adjacent to the parking lot in front of 7 Kafern Drive, 21207. The body, partially decomposed, was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy where it was positively identified as Sarah Jane Forrester. Her death was ruled a homicide by traumatic injury to the body.

Sarah Forrester had been reported missing from a group home on Bloomsbury Avenue, 21228 on February 20, 1999. She was reportedly last seen on or around April 28, 1999, in the Edgewater Village area of Harford County.

Detectives from the Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit continue to investigate the murder of Sarah Jane Forrester. If you have any information about her disappearance or murder, contact detectives by calling 410-307-2020. Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward when submitting tips through Metro Crime Stoppers.

Sarah Jane Forrester Homicide 1999 - Baltimore County (baltimorecountymd.gov)

 

[gentlemen_bug]

this one really hits home because i live so close to it. so sad

 

[MightyO]

I read that a man was charged with her murder, but then his case was dismissed. Anyone know who he was and why his case was dismissed?

Other then that, there have been no leads or info of the killer in Sarah's case.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

"I didn't want to believe it was a body," said Laurie Harkam, the woman who called police, to a WMAR-2 News reporter covering the story at the time.

Sarah Jane Forrester was just 13 years old.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide by traumatic injury.

Forrester had been reported missing from the group home where she lived in Catonsville in late February.

She'd last been seen alive around April 28, 1999, near Edgewater Village in Harford County.

Police recovered her body on May 12, 1999.

Missing for months, then murdered

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide by traumatic injury. Forrester had been reported missing from the group home where she lived in Catonsville in late February.

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