Key Witness in "Scottie Beats" Murder Case Fatally Shot

Caption: Police on Scene of Tuesday's triple shooting

One of the key witnesses in the upcoming trial of a man charged in the shooting death of PG County music engineer, Raymond Brown, was fatally shot ealier this week, according to authorities.

The victim, Bobby J. Ennels, 22, was the alleged accomplice of the man on trial for the murder, and was testifying in exchange for leniency. Ennels was found shot Tuesday in a car parked on a residential street near FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Also found in the car was another deceased man and one wounded female whose names have not yet been released.

According to reports, Ennels was responsible for looking out back in October 2006, while his alleged accomplices hooked Brown's Chrysler 300 up to a tow truck and drove off. Brown, professionally known as Scottie Beats, was fatally shot while chasing the tow truck.

Authorities have not released a statment as to whether they believe Ennels death was due to his agreement to testify.

Another cooperating witness, Neiman Marcus Edmonds, was moved to a jail in Southern Maryland yesterday, after a request made by the prosecution to do so. Edmonds, 21, has also been charged with murder and other crimes related to Brown's slaying.

Source: The Washington Post

Girls Found Dead in Freezer Identified

Thanks to Montgomery County detectives, the two girls found in a freezer in Calvert County, have both been tentatively identified.

The two girls have been identified as Renee Bowman's two unaccounted for adopted daughters, Jasmine Nicole Bowman, who would be 9, and Minnet Cecila Bowman, who would be 11. According to detectives, an undisclosed family friend assisted in the identification process.

Montgomery authorities have stated that the match "does not meet the standards for official identification established by the Medical Examiner's Office", however, they do not intend for the results to change after the tests are completed.

The bodies of the two girls were discovered in Calvert County, however, officials believe the girls were killed while living with Bowman in Montgomery County.

Bowman still remains held in Calvert without bond on the child abuse and assault charges in relation to the other daughter discovered by neighbors. Detectives are still trying to piece together a timeline of where and when the girls were last seen alive.

Source: The Washington Post

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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STABBING FATHER

EARLIER THIS WEEK IN HOWARD COUNTY, TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CAVENDER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT AFTER ADMITTING TO POLICE THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR STABBING HIS FATHER IN THE NECK.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE MEN WERE ARGUING AND WHEN HIS FATHER TRIED TO PUNCH HIM, CAVENDER STABBED HIM. OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE REPORTED THAT CAVENDER ANSWERED THE APARTMENT DOOR COVERED IN BLOOD WITH A KNIFE STICKING OUT OF HIS POCKET.

CAVENDER, A HOWARD COUNTY RESIDENT, COULD FACE 25 YEARS IN PRISON AT HIS SENTENCING IN DECEMBER. PROSECUTORS DROPPED THE ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE AS PART OF CAVENDER'S PLEA AGREEMENT. THEY ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING ONLY AN EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE. 

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

CHILDREN'S FROZEN REMAINS RECOVERD BY CALVERT COUNTY POLICE

ON SATURDAY, CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN AT A HOME LOCATED IN LUSBY, MARYLAND, INSIDE A STANDALONE FREEZER.

THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO THE HOME TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORT OF AN INJURED CHILD. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN WHO HAD TOLD THEM THE CHILDREN WERE HER ADOPTED DAUGHTERS AND THEIR REMAINS HAD BEEN FROZEN SINCE AT LEAST FEBRUARY.

THE ARRESTED WOMAN, 43- YEAR- OLD RENEE BOWMAN, HAS ALLEGEDLY ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE HAD BEATEN THE THIRD ADOPTED CHILD. THAT CHILD WAS A 7 -YEAR OLD GIRL THAT CALVERT COUNTY POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO HELP, AND FOUND SATURDAY AFTER SHE HAD ESCAPED FROM A LOCKED BEDROOM AND JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW.

ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITIES, THE TWO DEAD CHILDREN'S REMAINS WERE ENCLOSED IN A BLOCK OF ICE. AUTOPSIES WILL NOT BE PERFORMED UNTIL THE ICE MELTS.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE CHILDREN DIED IN ROCKVILLE, DUE TO BOWMAN TELLING THEM SHE MOVED FROM ROCKVILLE TO CALVERT COUNTY IN FEBRUARY, AND BROUGHT THE GIRL'S REMAINS WITH HER. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD WAS WOUNDED WHEN DISCOVERED BY POLICE SATURDAY AND TAKEN TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE TWO CASES ARE STILL UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.

BOWMAN HAS SO FAR BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE.

Source: The Washington Post

SHOTS FIRED IN ADAMS MORGAN RESTAURANT, ONE DIES

AROUND 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE MESKEREM ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT, IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF 18TH STREET, N.W.

ACCORDING TO AUTORITIES THE INCIDENT WAS ALARMING BECAUSE THIS BLOCK IS AT THE HEART OF ONE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT AREAS - ADAMS MORGAN. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER AN ARGUMENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE RESTAURANT. INITIAL POLICE ACCOUNTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE TWO MEN INVOLVED SHOT THE OTHER, AND THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.

THE ALLEGED SHOOTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AROUND 11:38 P.M. AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER. THE OTHER MAN WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL CENTER, BUT HIS CONDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. HOWEVER, AUTHORITIES HAVE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STILL BREATHING.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MD MEDEVAC HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS FOUR, INJURES ONE

EARLY THIS MORNING, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A MARYLAND STATE POLICE MEDICAL EVACUATION HELICOPTER CRASHED IN WALKER MILL PARK, LOCATED NEAR CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

PRIMARY INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CRASH OCCURED DUE TO THE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERING BAD WEATHER, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. BEFORE THE CRASH, THE UNIT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSPORTING TWO FEMALE PATIENTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT TO PG HOSPITAL.

THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS STEPHEN J. BUNKER, 59, THE PILOT; MICKEY C. LIPPY, 34, THE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC AND STATE TROOPER, TONYA MALLARD, 39, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN FROM RESCUE SQUAD STATION 12 IN WALDORF; AND ASHLEY YOUNGER, 17, ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE VEHICLE CRASH.

THE OTHER VICTIM, JORDAN WELLS, 18, IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR WHO IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THE CRASH THE DEADLIEST IN THE 47- YEAR HISTORY OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AVIATION UNIT.

THE TEENS WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED AROUND 10:45 P.M. LAST NIGHT AT SMALLWOOD DRIVE NEAR NEW FOREST COURT IN WALDORF, MARYLAND.

AUTHORITIES REPORT THAT TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE HELICOPTER AROUND 12:30 A.M. THE CRASH SITE WAS NOT SPOTTED UNTIL 2 A.M. BY AN OFFICER DEEP INSIDE THE 470-ACRE WALKER MILL REGIONAL PARK.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

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