Crime & Safety
Police Investigate Homicide on Sarah Lane
Police originally responded to a call for a cardiac arrest victim, but were later determined that the death was a homicide.
The death of a Cub Hill woman late Wednesday afternoon has been ruled a homicide, according to Lt. Robert McCullough of the Baltimore County Police Department.
Officers were dispatched to a home in the 2700 block of Sarah Lane around 4:40 p.m. for a call of a cardiac arrest victim. When they arrived, they found a woman dead inside the home.
Detectives, the forensics unit and the medical examiner responded to the scene, according to an email from police sent at 6:44 p.m.
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Shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, police determined that what was previously being investigated as a suspicious death was a homicide.
The identity of the victim, a woman who McCullough estimated is between 50 and 60 years old, is currently being withheld until police notify her next of kin.
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Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crime or those with any information to call 410-307-2020 or contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP
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