Man in custody after 72-year-old woman murdered

Even with people in the 5500 block of the Alameda shut in by the coronavirus, they knew something was amiss at the home of 72-year-old Lillian Herndon.

PLAY AFTER AN ELDERLY WOMAN ISFOUND DEAD INSIDE HER NORTHBALTIMORE HOME, AND TONIGHT,WMAR 2 NEWSREPORTS THERIN THIS CASE.(HAGER S━UP) 16:35“BaltimoreCity Police have moved quicklyidentifying a person ofinterest in the murder of the7━ yea━old woman killedinside her own home” (TRACK)EVEN WITH PEOPLE HERE IN THE5━ HUNDRED BLOCK OF THEALAMEDA SHUT IN BY THECORONAVIRUS, THEY KNEWSOMETHING WAS AMISS AT THEHOME OF 7━YEA━OLD LILLIANHERDON.

(SOT━Shawan West/Victi“Itlike three cars that arenormally here that are nhere, and her car was one ofthem” (TRACK) FAMILY MEMBERSALSO KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONGWHEN THEY COULDNFOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.THE FIRST TIME THEY CONTACTEDPOLICE, THEY FILLED OUT AMISSING PERSONNEXT ENDED WITH A GRUESOMEDISCOVERY.

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DonnyMoses/Baltimore PolicDepartment 13:35“When theofficers did a search of thelocation, they found ourvictim, a 7━ yea━old womanwho was unresponsive andultimately the officerpronounced her dead on thescene” (TRACK) INVESTIGATORSSAY THERE WERE SIGNS OF FOULPLAY, AND ONE NEIGHBOR, WHODID NOT WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED,TOLD US HE HAD SEEN HERNDONBOYFRIEND LEAVING IN HERVEHICLE OVER A WEEK AGO, ANDHE14:14“As it stands now, we dhave a person of interest incustody.

Charges areforthcoming, but we still needinformation from thecommunity, from neighbors,from whomever can provide itthat could help us moveforward with charging thispotential suspect” (TRACNEWS OF THE MURDER HAS LEFTHERNDONFILLED WITH GRIEF OVER THELOSS OF ONE OF THE MAINSTAYSOF THEIR BLOCK IN NORTHBALTIMORE.

(SOT) 10:39“Everytime you saw her, yoher parking her car, going tothe grocery store or whatever,she always had a kind word foryou” (SPLICE/SOT) 10:53“Shealways had something nice tosay.

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Stay safeAlways something nice” (HAGERS━UP) 17:18“Police arecrediting the victneighbors with coming up withthe information that led themto the person of interest.Reporting in Baltimore, JeffHager, WMAR 2 News”THE BALTIMORE