Police find body of pregnant woman at home of Maryland man suspected of killing gas station clerk

BALTIMORE — Officers discovered the decomposing physique of a pregnant lady on the Silver Spring residence of a person suspected of capturing and killing a gasoline station retailer clerk Thursday, Montgomery County police stated. 

Torrey Moore, 31, is charged with first-degree homicide and possession of a firearm whereas committing a felony.

Officers responded round 3 p.m. to a Shell Gasoline Station on the 11100 block of New Hampshire Avenue for a reported capturing, the place they discovered a clerk of the shop shot a number of occasions.

The sufferer, recognized as 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu of Silver Spring, was pronounced useless on the scene. 

Investigators imagine Moore went to pay for gadgets on the counter when an argument started between him and the clerk. It escalate right into a bodily combat, which is when Moore allegedly opened fireplace. 

Police stated murder detectives tracked Moore to an house advanced throughout the road from the gasoline station. Whereas executing a search warrant, they discovered the lady’s physique in “a sophisticated stage of decomposition.” 

Moore was discovered within the house and arrested. 

Moore instructed detectives he had been in a relationship with the lady within the house, and that she was eight months pregnant when she died. 

Her physique had been transported to the Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, the place they’ll decide how she died and the stage of being pregnant she was in. 

The lady’s identification has not been confirmed. 

An investigation is ongoing. Anybody with data is requested to name the Main Crimes Division at 240-773-5070 or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Callers can stay nameless.