The death of a 47-year-old Baltimore man whose body was found in a wooded area of Annapolis on March 28 has been ruled a homicide by medical examiners, according to city police.
In an update on the ongoing investigation, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore confirmed David Winchester’s death was a homicide, according to a news release from city police. Police also identified three suspects in Winchester’s killing: Jamar Fincher, 36; Monae Fincher, 35; and Marquis Mayo, 35 all from the Baltimore area, according to Capt. Lamar Howard, captain of operations for the Annapolis Police Department. All three are in the custody of Annapolis Police.
After working with Baltimore Police and the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives, Annapolis Police arrested Jamar and Monae Fincher in Baltimore on Thursday and charged them with first-degree murder and related gun charges, police said. They are currently being held without bail at the Jennifer Road Detention Center.
Annapolis Police arrested Marquis Mayo on Friday in Baltimore. Mayo had an initial hearing before a district court commissioner scheduled for Friday afternoon, the news release said. His charges were not available in court records as of Friday afternoon.
On March 28, Annapolis officers were dispatched to a wooded area in the 900 block of Spa Road for an unresponsive person. There they found a body, later identified as Winchester, face down near the Bates Middle School track and field, according to charging documents. Winchester had two gunshot wounds to the back of the head, police said.
A witness told police they heard “what sounded like two pops between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m.” that morning, according to charging documents.
At the time of the discovery, police said they believed he was abducted by “unknown suspects.”
Around 1:45 a.m. on March 28, investigators saw a blue Mitsubishi Eclipse on West Street they say is registered to Monae Fincher. Surveillance footage from Bates Middle School viewed by police showed car headlights turning into the track and field parking lot around 1:56 a.m. About a minute later, police observed “two quick flashes of light” on the footage, which they believe were gun shots, according to charging documents. The car is then seen leaving the scene around 2:03 a.m.
Annapolis Police later said they believed Winchester’s death would be ruled a homicide.
The Baltimore Police Department announced a possible kidnapping on social media around 12:45 a.m. the morning of the killing that included Winchester’s picture. According to Baltimore Police officials, officers spoke with his mother who said two armed men with masks had broken into her home, demanded money and claimed to have Winchester in their trunk, according to charging documents. They threatened to harm Winchester if money was not handed over, police said, before fleeing “in an unspecified vehicle in an unknown direction.”
After the two men left the home, a witness saw the men enter a blue car, identified as Monae Fincher’s Mitsubishi, and drive away, according to charging documents.
The Finchers were previously married, police said. Jamar Fincher was released from prison, where he was serving time for an armed robbery conviction, three weeks before the killing. On March 25, Fincher obtained a Maryland ID and listed his ex-wife’s address in Baltimore as his address.
Police are asking anyone with information about this homicide to call detectives at 410-260-3439 or provide an anonymous tip by calling 1-866-7LOCKUP or through their website, www.metrocrimestoppers.org.
Winchester’s killing is the first homicide reported in Annapolis this year.
Anne Arundel Police have reported two homicides since January.
On March 4, Tyrese Malik Williams, 20, was shot by several people when leaving his home in Brooklyn Park, county police said. Baltimore teenagers Dabron Tyreek Johnson, 17, and Decouisey Orlando Wilson, 18, were arrested and charged with Williams’ murder.
On March 29, officers found Tommy Lee Williams Jr., suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the torso in the 2100 block of Baldwin Ave. Williams, a 43-year-old Prince George’s County resident, was pronounced dead at the scene by fire department personnel, police said.
