Baltimore Police: Person Of Interest Sought In Murder Of Baltimore Church Employee

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police corroborate to WJZ Thursday that a idiosyncratic of involvement is being sought successful the execution of Evelyn Player, the 69-year-old Baltimore pistillate recovered dormant Tuesday morning wrong Southern Baptist Church.

No different details astir the idiosyncratic of involvement were released.

Gov. Larry Hogan has announced a $100,000 reward for tips starring to an apprehension successful Player’s murder and challenged the metropolis to lucifer it. He ordered instrumentality enforcement agencies statewide to assistance with the probe and directed constabulary to ramp up patrols wrong the city.

Player was recovered stabbed to decease successful a bath wrong the East Baltimore religion soon aft 7 a.m. Tuesday, astir an hr aft she fto contractors successful to execute renovation enactment wrong the church, constabulary said. No accusation astir a motive oregon fishy successful the lawsuit has been released.

“The execution of a 69-year-old grandma wrong a religion successful East Baltimore has shaken metropolis residents and assemblage leaders to the core,” Hogan said successful part. “ … As we enactment to bring swift justice, Evelyn’s household and loved ones are successful our prayers.”

People gathered astatine the religion Wednesday told WJZ they couldn’t fathom wherefore anyone would perpetrate specified a crime, peculiarly 1 that took the beingness of a parent and grandma who was a dedicated subordinate of her church.

Player has been described arsenic a fixture astatine the church and a longtime employee. Friends who asked to stay anonymous said she would routinely greet them with a grin and a hug earlier asking however they were doing.

“This conscionable goes to amusement that they volition spell arsenic acold arsenic close present taking a beingness successful the location of God. So however acold volition Baltimore authorities spell to support the citizens?” wondered 1 resident, who did not privation to beryllium identified.

“It is unspeakable that radical person to beryllium wounded and killed for what?” different nonmigratory added.

Pastor Donte Hickman said Player’s household has been portion of Southern Baptist Church for 4 generations. He said Player had been a subordinate of the religion for 40-50 years, saying she served to the precise end.

“On that peculiar day, she got present earlier than she would usually come, earlier the message sextons got here, possibly to pray,” the pastor told WJZ. “And to person her beingness taken similar that successful the religion and successful the assemblage that we emotion is truly heartbreaking.”

In a Facebook post, Player’s girl shared the past substance connection she received from her parent earlier she was recovered dead. “GM, I americium here, Have a Great Day…Love you,” Player wrote. To which her girl replied, “Love you too.”

Mayor Brandon Scott, who has called for the slayer to travel forward, vowed that instrumentality enforcement would way down Player’s killer(s) and bring them to justice.

“We are going to find who killed this woman,” Scott said. “We are going to spell retired and marque definite that we clasp this persona accountable. That’s what we are focusing on.”

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Anyone with accusation astir Player’s sidesplitting is asked to interaction Baltimore Police homicide detectives by calling 410-396-2100. Those wishing to stay anonymous tin telephone Metro Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-7LOCKUP.