A haunting 1975 strangling in Maryland, finds closure as convicted killer Charles William Davis Jr. admits to slaying Roseann Sturtz. 🌐 #News #EllicottCityMD #Maryland #Crime
ELLICOTT CITY, MD — A murder case that lingered unsolved for nearly 50 years has finally been closed, bringing long-awaited answers to the family of Roseann Sturtz. Authorities in Howard County, Maryland, announced that they had identified her killer, relying on evidence from an old cassette tape and a key photograph.
Sturtz, a Baltimore resident known as “Ann,” was strangled to death on August 24, 1975, after meeting her assailant at a bar. The Howard County Police Department took on the investigation, but for decades, the case remained a mystery.
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