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Baltimore man charged in murder of transgender woman – Gerardo Thomas, 33, charged with murder in the death of Zoe Spears, 23, shot to death June 13 in Maryland

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>Cops in Baltimore&comma; Maryland charged a 33-year-old male suspect in murder of transgender woman last month<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>Gerardo Thomas is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Zoe Spears<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>23-year-old Spears was discovered shot to death in Fairmount Heights&comma; in Cecil County&comma; MD on June 13<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>Investigators zeroed in on the suspect after five weeks after a Dodge Caravan was spotted in a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;grainy” single black-and-white surveillance image taken near where Spears was killed <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>Thomas&comma; allegedly&comma; has admitted being armed and inside the Dodge Caravan at the time of Spears’ murder<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-14098133"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1f1818&semi;"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;s being held without bail <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323200" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Gerardo-Thomas-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gerardo Thomas 2&period;JPG" width&equals;"668" height&equals;"443" &sol;>Gerardo Thomas from Baltimore man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a transgender woman and Zoe Spears in June <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">A Baltimore man has been busted in connection with the murder of a transgender woman last month&comma; ending a five-week probe during which cops tracked him down from grainy surveillance footage of his car’s distinctive paint job&comma; police said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>Gerardo Thomas&comma; 33&comma; is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Zoe Spears&comma; 23&comma; who was discovered shot to death on night of  June 13 in Fairmount Heights&comma; Prince George&&num;8217&semi;s County&comma; Maryland&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thomas was arrested on July 17&comma; in Cecil County after investigators narrowed down 50&comma;000 vehicle records to one 2018 Dodge Caravan GT with a unique &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;billet silver” color that was rented to Thomas in Baltimore&comma; Prince George’s County Police Department <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;PGPD1&sol;videos&sol;695826497555524&sol;&quest;&lowbar;&lowbar;xts&lowbar;&lowbar;&lbrack;0&rsqb;&equals;68&period;ARBd06-B99C8QrxAZC8aSP-RMci5DJiRoTdkfuMrA43paUvDgUE327866hOHKsLiM4j8x0vu&lowbar;&lowbar;aE-CCwZAaNoJwA-xjrX41ToJLaCjtN2TwS051S928AdOSnkY-tapvbV-SX6biJwbxkkGvWzK2tohcOAG&lowbar;TtVFUkIXV6Okg3thSyA1S531Zbsf7wwo&lowbar;O2HDjgeV4UxElC7bihQn6uqknhVUnLlpS8zzFXRGuQJKvpz-jQi7Uh5iz7a8jMLRrfGq&lowbar;B&lowbar;zE&lowbar;R3-IQvJNGf3rBq2s&lowbar;5m6CmHvhn19d21efChh8bVg&lowbar;G&lowbar;E21BIXfUMYWbVGjuss7wDsFfQQuRl&lowbar;AVxWYikTf84NZuArDtCA&&num;038&semi;&lowbar;&lowbar;tn&lowbar;&lowbar;&equals;-R" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">announced Thursday<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators spent five weeks tracking down Thomas after a Dodge Caravan was spotted in a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;grainy” single black-and-white surveillance image taken near where Spears was killed&comma; Homicide Cmdr&period; Maj&period; Brian Reilly told reporters&period;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "db8082036960f88b2cfb8a393b5f27c2"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B00Q4V24RQ&comma;B07CXGMVJL&comma;B01D4ERLA0&comma;B01DWPGTNQ"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;After contacting motor vehicle authorities in Washington&comma; Maryland and Virginia for all records related to Dodge Caravans&comma; more than 50&comma;000 records were returned&period; Investigators then reached out to nearby Dodge dealerships and determined the vehicle had an atypical shade on about only 3&comma;000 such vehicles in the region&comma; Kelly said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thomas was later identified as a suspect after detectives scoured license-plate reader data and found that just one of those vehicles had been had caught on camera approximately two hours prior to the murder and less than a mile away&comma; Reilly said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>&NewLine;<strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323199" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Zoe-Spears-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zoe Spears 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"671" height&equals;"600" &sol;>Trans woman Zoe Spears &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was discovered shot to death on June 13 in Fairmount Heights&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"connatix"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323201" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Ashanti-Carmon-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ashanti Carmon 1" width&equals;"724" height&equals;"752" &sol;><strong>Ashanti Carmon&comma; a black transgender woman&comma; was found dead from gunshot wounds early on the morning of March 30&comma; just blocks from where Spears was killed in Fairmount Heights&comma; in Maryland&&num;8217&semi;s PG County&period; the case remains unsolved<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"connatix">Thomas&comma; who remains held without bail Monday&comma; has admitted being armed and inside the Dodge Caravan at the time of Spears’ murder&comma; Reilly said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-2&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Carmon was also transgender and friends with Spears&period; Carmon’s case remains unsolved&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was very vague about his involvement&comma;” Reilly said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; he does place himself on the scene&period; He does place himself there with a shotgun&comma; and he does place himself inside of that vehicle&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;PG police have not yet determined a motive in the shooting and there’s no evidence suggesting that Spears’ death was connected to the fatal shooting of Ashanti Carmon&comma; who gunned down on March 30&comma; just blocks from where Spears was killed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "0f01b58e0a4c3544e93386b5cc6e6865"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B072FB8JNG&comma;B00GUGIFF0&comma;B07MCSTVMV&comma;B071RTF9HN&comma;B07BFPYMV5&comma;B07PWLWNV7"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;Police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan praised detectives breaking the case open&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;There were some insinuations that we weren&&num;8217&semi;t looking at this case or aggressively investigating it because Zoe Spears was a transgender commercial sex worker&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Donelan said Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Nothing could be further from the truth&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;If your life is taken in Prince George&&num;8217&semi;s County&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t care what color you are&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t care how much money you make&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t care about your sexual orientation&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t care about where you&&num;8217&semi;re from or where you live&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;If your life is taken in our county&comma; these detectives are going to find the person responsible&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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