Who Is Manzie Smith Jr., Man Accused Of Killing 69-Year-Old Evelyn Player?

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore constabulary and metropolis officials connected Thursday said 62-year-old Manzie Smith Jr. had been arrested and charged with the murder of Evelyn Player, a 69-year-old religion staffer who was recovered dormant wrong the Southern Baptist Church successful East Baltimore past month.

According to tribunal records, the past known code of Smith, who sometimes appears successful records with the Sr. suffix, is successful the Oldtown neighborhood. Officers arrested Smith connected Wednesday successful the 4900 artifact of Crenshaw Avenue successful the Frankford neighborhood.

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He was sentencing to 8 years successful situation successful 2014 aft pleading blameworthy to robbery.

Smith reportedly was convicted of rape, but Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Thursday determination was nary grounds Smith sexually assaulted Player.

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Smith’s supervised parole ended successful October, Harrison said.

There’s besides nary grounds Smith and Player knew each other, the commissioner said.

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Investigators recovered DNA grounds astatine the country of Player’s execution that led them to Smith, but Harrison declined to connection much details.

CBS Baltimore Staff