Suspect found dead

Update: "Police said the man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body inside a North Baltimore manhole is dead."
WBAL reports that the victim, Elda Vazquez, was a mother of two who worked seven days a week at two jobs.

Also, serious wounding in the 500 block of East 27th Street.

Confessed killer who dumped his girlfriend's body down a storm drain was found unconscious and not breathing in his cell Monday evening.

Dark and lonely on a summer's night.Kill my landlord.Kill my landlord.

From the SAO's office:

A Baltimore City jury convicted Edward Palmer, 59, of the 600 block of N. Clinton St. of second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon on September 30, 2009. His wife, Catherine Palmer, 47, of the 600 block of N. Clinton Street, pled guilty October 2, 2009 to accessory after the fact.

Edward Palmer will be sentenced by Judge John N. Prevas November 18, 2009. Judge Prevas sentenced Catherine Palmer to three years in prison, suspended, and 18 months probation.

Edward Palmer and Catherine Palmer were tenants of James Thomas Daniels residing at Mr. Daniels’ home in the 600 block of Clinton Street. On or about April 11, 2008, Edward Palmer and Mr. Daniels became involved in an argument which escalated to a fatal fight. The next day, Edward and Catherine Palmer wrapped Mr. Daniels in linens, carpeting and bags, placed him into the back of a relative’s car, and drove toward Essex where they dumped the body, doused it in gasoline, set it on fire then drove away. Police discovered Daniel’s body burned beyond recognition in a vacant construction lot near the intersection of Davidson Road and Langley. The medical examiner ruled Mr. Daniels died of stab wounds and blunt-force trauma.

Denied!

Judge rejects Dixon's motion to dismiss perjury charges

Tragic: Sun business editor Tim Wheatley killed in car accident in Monkton

your daily skeeve

Allegation: busy-fingered rabbi groped congregants for 30+ years "because no one spoke up."

... meanwhile, one of SCOTUS' first rulings allows the release of documents related to charges against CT priests accused of abuse. They've also decided not to tackle LA's Death Penalty.

Page Croyder: yay for "the first significant criticism I have seen of Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy by the Sun in a long, long time"

Six Shootings This Weekend

From BPD Twitter

SHOOTING, RAMSAY & FURROW, ADULT MALE SHOT IN LEG.9:02 AM Oct 4th from UberTwitter

Shooting-Old York/Cator Av-Adult male walked into Good Samaritan hospital. Detectives responding 10:12 PM Oct 3rd from UberTwitter

SHOOTING, 200 LOUDON, ADULT MALE SHOT. REPORTED @ 3AM.9:16 AM Oct 3rd from UberTwitter

SHOOTING, 1600 E MONUMENT, 17 Y/O SHOT IN LEG.1:25 AM Oct 3rd from UberTwitter

SHOOTING, 4900 LINDSAY, ADULT MALE SHOT IN BUTTOCKS, 2 SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY.1:24 AM Oct 3rd from UberTwitter

SHOOTING- W LAFAYETTE AVE/N PAYSON ST. 17 YEAR OLD MALE SHOT IN HEAD 7:36 PM Oct 2nd from txt

Man Confesses to Killing Woman Found in Storm Drain

TGI Friday's worker has confessed to dumping woman's body down a drain in North Baltimore.

A month before she went missing, the victim had sought help from the Howard County Domestic Violence Center and gotten a restraining order against the perp, who, she said, threatened to kill her.

The manhole cover was right in front of the perp's house. Still myserious: how did he get the manhole cover off, esp. without anyone noticing, in a residential area?

Violent, shady & gnarly

Thursday, a police officer was dragged by one Rickey Hughes, right, a suspect attempting to flee who is still at large. Forty-five minutes later, an officer fired on a drug suspect.

Hermann on the shady world of govt informants

and more of the gnarly corpse recovery in Govans

I shot an arrow into the air...

A Baltimore teen arrested for attempted murder for shooting a BB Gun at an MTA bus.

An arrest has been made in two city shootings.

More city shootings, as a man is found dead on Massachusetts Ave.
Update: Victim Identified as Antoine Rawlings age 28.

Finally, two members of the "Special" drug gang are given surprisingly short sentences in federal court for the shooting of James Wise.

6:34 p.m. Baltimore PoliceDept tweet SHOOTING- W LAFAYETTE AVE/N PAYSON ST. 17 YEAR OLD MALE SHOT IN HEAD

Update: Victim Identified as 17 yr. old Darius Anderson.

Ew the humanity

A "suspicious" body found head-down in a sewer in Govans
UPDATE: BPD says "Body found in manhole is a white female. OCME will provide additional info on COD following autopsy due to serious decomp."

A youth worker at a Baltimore County detention facility helped a 17-year-old sex offender escape, then had offensive sex with him before they were arrested.

"Boyfriend" Tyronne Webb charged in 2008 murder of Mia Nichols


Trial postponed for mulleted (accused) murderer Dennis Testo

In Catonsville, man survives after bringing a golf club to a hatchet fight

Media Blabber

At around 11 a.m., WBAL "Tweeted," from the AP, "Michael Vick Re-Signs With Nike: Michael Vick is back with Nike."
One of the savviest marketers in the world committing commercial hari-kari? Really?
Pretty fishy-- wouldn't you check that kind of thing out?
But nobody did-- the Sun, the Post and even our beloved Daily Record followed suit, dutifully reposting the story without a single phone call.
The Record's Liz Farmer even blamed Nike, "So what the heck took Nike so long to correct this error?"
We all know reporters are overworked and underpaid, but does the Record really believe that it's a corporation's job to spit the facts, and a paper's job to print them?

Way to go Michael McCarthy of USA Today, first to pick up the phone and call BS!

Whole bunch of crime in today's Blotter

Including an arrest in the homicide of Jamal White, as well as 8 laptops stolen in Towson alone.

So Much Dirty

"Southeast's top police officer is suspended," and nobody's saying why

Fancy watches, a money-counting machine, and Clomid?! Wacky stuff found in dirty cop Mark Lunsford's stash

The final brutality suit against officer Jerome K. Hill ended with a $1500 settlement, and Hill with a job in the records division. (how can you sodomize someone with a ripped-up $20 bill?)

Two trials for the mayor

More on the drug-overdose doctor

Names and details in this week's Ink

Ooh la la, c'est beaucoup de francs! New transaction terms save Constellation energy $1.2 billion in taxes.
(If you haven't fired BGE yet, here's a handy way to get bids from suppliers from TDR.)

A U of MD post-doc fellow is charged with drug possession after his girlfriend dies of a bupe overdose. Irony alerts: the two were researching addiction... and a bonus: BPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi reportedly once worked for drug dealers at Pfizer!

The BPD reports that Tyron Markit Mason (B/M/1979) was arrested for burning his grandmother after she refused to give him money.

Rap songs come to life in Baltimore

Someone shot up a strip club last night injuring two.

Meanwhile, In one of the many breaking and entering cases in the area a suspect stole two live hand grenades.

Homicide detectives speak out part II

Former Homicide Detective Irving Bradley tells the story of how he was ordered to write a false report

Ex-homicide detectives speak out

Two ex-homicide detectives talk about the problems inside the BPD

Crime odds and ends

Police investigate a boatload of nonfatal shootings this weekend.

Police ID woman found stabbed to death.

Police also ID the man found shot to death on 9/11.

And finally, local skinheads plead not guilty in the vicious beating of an elderly man.

P.S.- To all the Baltimore skinheads who read this blog, If you really feel the need to be a racist prick, might I suggest you chose a city where you're not going to be exceedingly outnumbered and despised. Might I suggest Alaska or Iowa where the ratio of really pissed off black guys to ignorant racist is a tad more on your side? --TAB

Police have released a sketch of man wanted for questioning in connection with a violent rape in the NW district.