Community Remembers Slain Church Employee Evelyn Player At Viewing

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s been 2 weeks since 69-year-old Evelyn Player was recovered stabbed wrong her spot of worship, Southern Baptist Church connected N. Chester Street successful East Baltimore.

On Tuesday, Baltimore City constabulary said a idiosyncratic of interest successful the lawsuit did not cookware retired to beryllium a suspect. A section spokesperson said detectives are inactive successful the East Baltimore vicinity conducting investigations arsenic they proceed to effort to lick this murder.

“We inactive are moving to place that fishy and that’s wherever we are,” said Det. Donny Moses. “Detectives are reviewing video footage of ft postulation going to and from the location, they are knocking connected doors, they’re moving backmost done alleys to spot if they tin find grounds that would assistance america to place the existent suspect.”

As the assemblage waits for answers, scores of radical attended a viewing astatine March Funeral Home connected E. North Avenue successful Baltimore connected Tuesday.

Each idiosyncratic recalled fond memories of Player arsenic a subordinate of their church, oregon a nonmigratory successful the assemblage wherever they lived oregon worked.

“I retrieve her, thing but bully thoughts. She was ever joyful, had a grin connected her face,” said Alonzo Ramsey.

Others remembered seeing Player and her grandson each different Thursday astatine the barbershop.

“Every Thursday I went to the barbershop that’s the archetypal grin that you see. Every Thursday,” said Kevin Estep Jr.

When Player was recovered murdered wrong her religion 2 weeks ago, the assemblage struggled to marque consciousness of the tragedy.

“Very bully person, she’s been a household person for years,” said Etta Fordham. “Where we were – she was, truthful I’m conscionable going to wholly miss her.”

Days aft the murder, metropolis and determination constabulary officers stepped up patrol successful the country and Gov. Larry Hogan announced a $100,000 reward. Despite each of the attention, the lawsuit is inactive open.

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“I conscionable can’t ideate who would bash thing similar that. Maybe it would beryllium closure for immoderate radical but I don’t know,” said Fordham “It’s going to instrumentality years to get implicit this. Evelyn was conscionable each astir bully person.”