Posts Tagged ‘MD’

POLICE: Bethesda Yoga-Shop Murder Case Still Active, Suspects Sought

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

(This is YouTube video of the murder victim, Jayna Murray, 30, bungee jumping on her 30th birthday in December 2010)

On March 11, 2001, two employees were closing up at a Yoga store in downtown Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Md.  Police said the women left the “Lululemon Athletica” store at 9 p.m. and returned at 10:05 p.m. when they realized they had left items behind.  At some point when the women re-entered the store, two masked men followed in behind them and brutally attacked the victims.

The next morning around 8 a.m. police say the manager arrived to open the store and found the front door unlocked.  She heard faint noises coming from the back and called police.  When officers arrived they found the body of one of the women, Jayna Murray, and her co-worker bound.  The surviving victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment.

Lululemon is a part of the Bethesda Row community.  It’s an active place all day, but especially on the weekends.  Right next door to Lululemon is an Apple Store.  The night of the attacks and murder a long line of people waited outside Apple awaiting the release of the new iPad II.  Police would not say if any witnesses saw or heard anything.

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MISSING MOTHER AND BABY

Monday, May 24th, 2010
Erin Rodgers, and Baby Safina (photo courtsey of police)

Erin Rodgers, and Baby Safina (photo courtsey of police)

Erin Rodgers and her daughter Safina lived in Silver Spring, Maryland.  I spoke with Montgomery County Police today, and they say the mother and daughter have been missing for three weeks.  On May 6, 2010, police say Erin and Safina vanished.  Erin is only 19-years-old, and her daughter is 22-months. 

ERIN                                                                                   SAFINA

Height:  5’0”                                                                Weight:  27 pounds

Weight:  100 pounds                                                   Hair:  Blonde

Eyes:  Hazel                                                                  Eyes:  Hazel

Hair:  Black, long

I spoke to investigators this morning, and they are accepting leads on this case.  If you have any information, please contact investigators in Montgomery County, Maryland:  301-565-5835, or the non-emergency number at 301-279-8000.

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GANG RAPE: Another suspect turns himself into police

Monday, May 17th, 2010
Balmoris Argueta - CAPTURED

Balmoris Argueta - CAPTURED

March 16, 2010 was a life changing day for a woman in Virginia we will call “Melanie.” Investigators from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in Waldorf, Maryland to assist a Hispanic female who was gang raped. When they arrived at the scene, they found a distraught woman who had been attacked.

Through the investigation, police discovered that Melanie went out earlier in the night to a place called “Fast Eddie’s” nightclub in Virginia. Detective Jack Austin said she met and exchanged numbers with a man who called himself “Francisco.” When the nightclub closed, Melanie didn’t have a ride home, and Francisco, later identified as Lionicio Argueta, said he would take her home. Detective Austin says when Melanie got in his vehicle there were several other Hispanic males in the back seats. She knew there was a problem when she heard Argueta on the phone saying something to the effect that he had one he was bringing down to the house.

A fun night out turned into a nightmare when she was taken inside the house off Country Lane. Once inside, Detective Austin says an unknown Hispanic male later identified as Jose Maria Echebarria told her to strip down naked or she would be killed.

Juan Francisco Orellana - WANTED

Juan Francisco Orellana - WANTED

Melanie, scared to death, complied and was forced to stand naked surrounded by men she didn’t know. Austin says she was ordered to have sex with the men there, and if she didn’t they would kill her. Echebarria allegedly ordered her to perform oral and vaginal sex with him, and investigators say as this was happening the men were standing around throwing up their gang signs and taunting her.