Murdered, burned man (ID'd James Daniels)-3-17-08-Baltimore, MD

[Nut44x4]

Badly burned body was found in new development; tip led to crime scene in E. Baltimore

11:24 AM EDT, April 18, 2008
An unidentified man who was found dead Sunday in a new townhouse development near Middlesex Elementary School in eastern Baltimore County was killed in East Baltimore, city police said this morning.

The body had been badly burned, but the state medical examiner's office has ruled that the cause of death was blunt force trauma, according to Officer Troy Harris, a city police spokesman. Harris said detectives have determined that the man was killed in the 600 block of N. Clinton St. near an industrial park.

Bill Toohey, a Baltimore County police spokesman, said a tip received by a county officer led to the city crime scene.

Baltimore County authorities have released a sketch of the victim in hopes somebody can identify him. He is described as 5 feet 8 inches, weighing about 180 pounds and missing some teeth.

A man walking his dog near Davison and Langley roads in the Miramar Landing townhouse community found the body early Sunday.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-body0418,0,6820692.story
This sketch shows what police believe a man whose burned body was found in a field near Middlesex Elementary School in Essex looks like. (Photo provided by Baltimore County police / April 16, 2008)

[Roamer]

I hope someone can identify him by the sketch and lay him to rest. :1222423:

[Roamer]

Nut, take a look at this guy.

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200604589S

He not only looks like him, but is missing some teeth. Not the same state, but....

[Nut44x4]

Wow Roamer...they sure do look alike! MMmmmmmm.....Baltimore is only 105 miles from Philly.....mmmmmm......
James suffers from dementia ...what if, in 2006 he got on the train, ended up in the wrong City and just mingled in with other street/homeless persons all this time. It really isn't impossible for the man above to be James.

[Roamer]

I was looking up at woman at that site, saw this guy's picture and it really stopped me cold.

[Grande]

Interesting Roamer. One glaring difference is the weight of the two. Other than that there is some strong resemblences though.

[Roamer]

The guy who was missing was last seen in January, 2006, Grande. Plenty of time to lose weight. :0009:

[Claudia]

The guy who was missing was last seen in January, 2006, Grande. Plenty of time to lose weight. :0009:

Uncanny resemblance, IMO...

[Grande]

The guy who was missing was last seen in January, 2006, Grande. Plenty of time to lose weight. :0009:

Good point Roamer...

[packy]

Wow, it sure does resemble him.

[Roamer]

I sent an email to the Baltimore police with a link to the picture. They can go from there and see what they think.

[Claudia]

Good point Roamer...

Except that he would have had to gain weight - Burned body 180lbs, Boozer was 128lbs.

[Nut44x4]

I've done that, Claudia!! LOL!

[Roamer]

I never got a reply, so either it wasn't him, was him, or they just don't answer their emails.

[Claudia]

I've done that, Claudia!! LOL!

Me too, but don't tell anyone! :22wink:

[Nut44x4]

Update: Couple Arrested after Burned Body Found

Last Update: 4/20 8:54 am

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore police have arrested a husband and
wife in the slaying of an unidentified man whose burned body was
found in a townhouse community in Middle River last weekend.

Forty-eight-year-old Edward Palmer and his 46-year-old wife,
Catherine Palmer, have both been charged with first-degree murder.

The body was badly burned, but an autopsy revealed that the
cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Police have determined that the man was killed in the 600 block
of North Clinton Street near the Palmers' home. A
spokesman for Baltimore County police says a tip led to the crime
scene in the city.
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1d2d6a39-3a23-476d-bd83-6085ffbcb331

[Nut44x4]

More Learned In Burned Body Case
Sunday, April 20, 2008
WBAL Radio as reported by Leonard Roberts, The (Baltimore) Sun, WBAL-TV 11 and Associated Press






Court documents are revealing additional information used by police and prosecutors in making a case that a southeast Baltimore couple is responsible for the death of a man whose burned body was found in a townhouse community in Middle River last weekend.

58-year-old Edward Palmer and his 46-year-old wife, Catherine Palmer, have both been charged with first-degree murder. The Palmers live in the 600 block of North Clinton Street in the City.

Autopsy results indicate the cause of the man's death was blunt force trauma, and authorities say that trauma most likely was by stabbing.

The man is believed to have been the landlord of the Palmers' home, but he has not yet been officially identified, and indeed police were still seeking information on his identity late Saturday.

TCourt documents cited by The (Baltimore) Sun and WBAL-TV 11 News say Catherine Palmer told detectives that her husband and the dead man were drinking in the couple's home Friday, and the men argued. Catherine Palmer said that the next morning, Edward Palmer told her that he had killed the man in self-defense.

The TV 11 News account goes on to quote the charging documents as saying Catherine Palmer told investigators that the man's body was wrapped in sheets and was loaded in a car and driven to an abandoned lot in Middle River. It is there that investigators think gasoline was poured on the body and it was set afire. The lot is part of a construction site of a townhouse neighborhood where last Sunday a neighbor walking a dog discovered the burned remains.

A spokesman for Baltimore County police said a tip led to the crime scene in the city where the landlord was allegedly killed. The court documents quoted by the Baltimore television station say that the Palmers called a man hours after the killing and asked for help in disposing of a body. The man refused to help and later called police.

Edward and Catherine Palmer are both being held without bond.


http://wbal.com/stories/templates/news.aspx?articleid=5051&zoneid=2

[Roamer]

I'm glad they've been caught.

[Nut44x4]

The man who was found stabbed, beaten, and set on fire in Essex on April 13 has been identified as James Daniels, a 51-year-old African-American man. Daniels was actually killed in the 600 block of North Clinton Street in Baltimore City.
http://www.citypaper.com/map/murderink.asp?map=MI

[Nut44x4]

BUMP.....
now that we have his name and we know it was murder, can it be marked and moved??
Thanks.

[packy]

Thanks for the update, Nut. Glad the person who gave the tip did the right thing in this case.