Md. Man Hid in Grandmother’s Closet — Then Killed Her When She Came Out of the Bathroom, Say Police

Spencer Dillon Hamilton, 27, allegedly confessed to killing his grandmother, Dr. Pauline Titus-Dillon, 87, a former Howard Medical School associate dean

A 27-year-old Maryland man is in custody after allegedly admitting he hid in his grandmother’s bedroom for hours before emerging from a closet and killing her, authorities said.

At about 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, Spencer Dillon Hamilton of Potomac walked into the Rockville City Police Station and told police that he had just killed a family member, the Montgomery County Police Department said in a statement.

Officers and fire rescue personnel rushed to Titus-Dillon’s home, where they found Dr. Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon, 87, a retired internal medicine doctor at Howard University Hospital, unresponsive in the bathroom…

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