‘She Was A Beautiful Person’: Friends, Neighbors, Remember 69-Year-Old Woman Killed Inside Southern Baptist Church

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A pistillate was recovered dormant stabbed aggregate times wrong the salient Southern Baptist Church successful East Baltimore and friends are near shaken arsenic constabulary hunt for the killer.

Flowers were extracurricular the Southern Baptist Church connected Chester Street.

“I was truly shocked, I was truly shocked,” said 1 friend.

Friends accidental 69-year-old Evelyn Player was recovered dormant wrong Tuesday morning.

“She was a beauteous person,” said 1 friend.

Baltimore City Police accidental astir 6 a.m., she opened the religion doors for contractors who were determination to bash renovations.

Then little than an hr aboriginal she was recovered by different employee. Police accidental she was stabbed to decease successful the bathroom.

“This is devastating to cognize thing similar this could hap to conscionable a beauteous person, it’s conscionable devastating,” said 1 person who asked to stay anonymous.

Friends archer WJZ Player was a dedicated subordinate of the religion and longtime employee. She volunteered her clip each time and was loved by the community.

“She’s ever successful the gathering and erstwhile she comes successful the building, she ever greets maine with a hug and a grin and says wherever you been and we conscionable laughter and talk,” said 1 person who asked to stay anonymous.

Neighbors watched successful fearfulness arsenic investigators combed done evidence.

“A execution successful a church? Why? That is expected to beryllium a harmless space. Why?” said neighbor, Delise Lynch.

Mayor Brandon Scott called for the fishy to travel forward.

“This is not okay. None of america should beryllium okay. Her household is 4 generations beardown astatine Southern and each of our hearts should beryllium with solving this unfathomed unthinkable cowardly act,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.

With much questions than answers, neighbors are near frightened for the community.

“That’s bittersweet it happened,” said neighbour George Polk Jr.

“My bosom dropped and it frightened me, I couldn’t judge it, I couldn’t judge it happened successful this neighborhood,” said neighbor, Betty Oxner.

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Police accidental close present they don’t person a suspect. They said they’re speaking with assemblage members and checking retired surveillance video and asking anyone with information, to travel forward.