Howard County Police ID 1971 Jane Doe, Reunite Her Children Decades Later
For more than half a century, she was known only as “Jane Doe.”
Her beaten body was found in a Howard County field in 1971, She died days later, was never identified, and her name was lost to time.
For 54 years, the case gathered dust — the police department's oldest cold case homicide.
Now police say they finally know who she was.
Authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, that DNA profiling has revealed the victim as Sadie Belle Murray, born in 1924 in Pennsylvania, who at the time of her death went by Sarah Belle Sharkey.
And in a stunning twist, detectives also tracked down her …
Watch: Video Shows Spear-Wielding Man Shot Dead By Howard County Cop, AG Releases Footage
Video of a deadly officer-involved shooting involving a spear-wielding man in Maryland has been released by the Attorney General's Office.
Micah Booker, 23, of Columbia, was armed with a large spear when he was fatally shot by an officer in Howard County after allegedly stabbing a family member and refusing to drop the weapon, investigators say.
The shooting was reported shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 9, on Wilbur Court.
In the newly released video, Booker can be seen unexpectedly sprinting toward Howard County Police Officer Michael McKee, who fired one shot, striking him in the…
2 Men Charged With Murder In Deadly I-70 Shooting After Frederick Fairgrounds Event: MSP
Weeks after a young Silver Spring man was shot and killed on I-70 in Maryland, police say they’ve arrested two suspects in the highway ambush that left two others hurt.
Francisco Javier Sanchez-Juarez, 28, and Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 24, both of Howard County, were taken into custody without incident on Saturday, June 29, 2025, according to Maryland State Police.
They are charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearm-related offenses and are being held without bond at the Frederick County Detention Center, officials said.
The arrests stem from a deadly June 14 shooting that occurred ar…
Dad Dead, Mother Paralyzed, 'Bubbly' 7-Year-Old Left Reeling After I-95 Crash In Elkridge
A 7-year-old Maryland girl is facing an unimaginable reality.
Her father is gone. Her mother is paralyzed. Her future—once filled with swim meets, Girl Scout adventures, and time with her two dogs—is now shaped by grief and recovery.
Her name is Novi.
She was not in the car early on Sunday, June 8, when her parents, Saidou and Tearraney Zanguina, were involved in a devastating crash on I-95 in Howard County.
But her world changed forever in a matter of seconds.
According to Maryland State Police, the five-vehicle crash happened just after 2 a.m. on southbound Interstate 95, north of Ma…
50,000+ Lose Power In Maryland As Storms Pound Region, BGE Says
More than 50,000 residents in Maryland were without power on Thursday amid the ongoing storms rolling through the region.
Crews were working around the clock on June 19 to repair more than 800 active outages that were impacting nearly 55,000 customers, according to Baltimore Gas & Electric.
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Here's a list of customers impacted by the storm as of 6:20 p.m. on June 19, according to BGE:
Anne Arundel: 33,137 of 263,424 customers;
Baltimore: 7,296 of 376,261 customers;
Baltimore City: 900 of 282,730 customers;
Calvert: 1,403 of 8,172 customers;
Carroll: 583 of …
Maryland Mom Dies After Being Burned In Devastating Jessup House Fire: Police
A Maryland mother of three has died after suffering catastrophic injuries in a devastating house fire in Jessup last week, authorities confirmed.
Stephanie Jones, 51, succumbed to her injuries on Saturday, June 14, days after she was pulled from a burning home with third-degree burns over 75 percent of her body, Howard County Police announced on Wednesday, June 18.
The Jessup fire.
Howard County Fire and Rescue
Jones passed peacefully, surrounded by her son, Marquis Owens, and siblings Nathan Jones, Melissa (Jones) Williams, and Laura Jones, her family said.
The fire broke out arou…
34 Victims Targeted In $155K ‘Bank Jugging’ Crime Spree Across Maryland, DC: AG
It started with a simple errand—cash a check, make a deposit, grab some quick cash from the ATM.
But dozens of unsuspecting Marylanders never made it home without being ambushed, beaten, threatened, or shot at by two organized crews who police say terrorized neighborhoods for nearly a year in a violent $155,000 “bank jugging” spree.
Now, seven men are facing a mountain of charges, including gang activity, armed carjacking, armed robbery, assault, firearms violations, and even attempted murder, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Friday, May 9.
Those charged are:
Tyriq Jayro…
