MD - Karen Norton, 23, murdered, home invasion,1985 **Husband Arrested in 2019**

[PastTense]

More than 30 years after Karen Ann Norton was stabbed to death in an apparent burglary at her Catonsville home, police uncovered new evidence and charged her then-husband, John Joseph Norton, in her death.

Karen Norton, 23, had just arrived home from work at JCPenney in Security Square Mall about 6:45 p.m. Dec. 17, 1985, when she was stabbed to death at her home in the 100 block of Delrey Ave. While the initial investigation indicated the killing had been committed during a break-in by an unknown suspect, detectives reviewing the case over the years had begun to suspect that John Norton had staged his wife’s death, said officer Jennifer Peach, a Baltimore County police spokeswoman.

With 'new evidence' in cold case, police charge man in wife's 1985 murder in Catonsville

 

[PayrollNerd]

You can't do wrong and get by. But he sure thought he could, eh? So glad justice is coming for her!

 

[YESorNO]

 

[Frankie Hellis]

She was my friend. I am glad she will get justice, but it is still sad her life was cut so short. She never had the chance to have babies or to become a grandmother. I don’t think her parents are still alive to see their daughter’s killer tried for the brutal murder. That is also sad to me.

 

[PayrollNerd]

She was my friend. I am glad she will get justice, but it is still sad her life was cut so short. She never had the chance to have babies or to become a grandmother. I don’t think her parents are still alive to see their daughter’s killer tried for the brutal murder. That is also sad to me.

I’m sorry your friends life was cut short so soon. Do you know if she had any siblings or cousins? They must have suspected him all these years. They must be so relieved at seeing him punished.