Cops find Moore; he sure didn't stay in the N0-Tell Motel!


NIAGARA FALLS (July 26, 2010) --- Capt. Terry Black reports that the St. Mary's County Mounties got their man when local flatfoots went international to lay the long arm of the law on a suspected killer.

Police say that on July 26, 2010 detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, with assistance from the United States Marshal’s Regional Fugitive Task Force, Maryland State Police and the St. Mary’s County States Attorney’s Office information was developed Benjamin (NMN) Moore of Lexington Park, who was wanted on a Second Degree Murder warrant in connection with the disappearance of Devon A. Baker, was staying at the Day’s Inn Hotel in Niagara Fall’s, Canada. Canadian authorities were notified and were able to locate Mr. Moore outside the hotel where he was taken into custody without incident. Mr. Moore is currently being held in Canada pending extradition proceedings.


LEONARDTOWN (July 26, 2010)   St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY that his detectives are on the trail of the person they believe killed a woman who had been sought as missing for the past week after police in New Jersey discovered her slain and laying next to a creek bed, in a scene right out of the HBO series 'The Sopranos'.  But the suspect isn't hanging around in any North Jersey spaghetti houses as police are seeking him in Virginia or Canada instead.

Sheriff Cameron could not reveal how the police had pinpointed the identity of the dead woman found who has been identified as Baker.  He said information about the manner of death was not yet set but the case "definitely is one of homicide".   While the Sheriff and his closed-mouth detectives would not say how the police linked the body as being that of Devon Baker, the NJ.com reported that a fisherman found her body near a bridge over a creek and that police found identification on her body.

Just a few months ago Cameron and St. Mary's States Attorney were pointing to zero cases of murder in the past year in St. Mary's County, when the truth of the matter may be that the bodies were simply not discovered.  Police are not yet revealing where they think this murder took place, but Baker was not reported to be vulnerable or suffering from any physical or mental impairments which is often the case with missing persons.

On July 25, 2010 at 8:00 P.M. Princeton Township Police, New Jersey, discovered the body of Devon Andrea Baker, age 37, of Lexington Park, Maryland lying in a remote area deceased. Ms. Baker had been reported as a critical missing person on July 17, 2010. Ms. Baker was transported to the local medical examiners office where an autopsy will be performed.

Capt. Terry Black reports several Search and Seizure Warrants were executed in Lexington Park, Maryland and in Chesapeake, Virginia. Information developed during this investigation identified Moore as a suspect in the disappearance of Ms. Baker. On July 26, 2010 a felony warrant was issued for Benjamin (NMN) Moore, African/American male, age 46, 5-7 in height, weighing 195lbs.of Lexington Park, Maryland charging him with Second Degree Murder. Moore has ties to Chesapeake, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was last known to be in Niagara Falls, Canada on July 21, 2010. The whereabouts of Mr. Moore are unknown at this time. Canadian authorities are working closely with BCI in an attempt to locate Moore.

Devon Baker posted bail for John Anthony Baker on charges of driving while suspended in 2007.  She lived at
45993 Great Mills Ct., Unit 322B in Lexington Park.   John Baker, her husband, has been released from jail to take care of the couple's children, says Sheriff Tim Cameron.

There are no criminal records for Moore in Maryland.

St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations issued a press release and alert on  July 20th requesting the public’s assistance in locating a critically missing person:  Devon Andrea Baker, age 37, African/American Female, 5 Ft. in height, weighing 145 pounds, with shoulder length Black Hair and Brown Eyes. Ms. Baker was last observed wearing a black T-Shirt, black shorts, black tennis shoes, a silver in color nose ring, silver in color large loop earrings, silver in color thin “rope style” necklace, carrying a black in color purse and has a tattoo of a rose on her right ankle. Baker was last observed leaving a private residence on Liberty Street in Lexington Park, Maryland on July 17, 2010 at approximately 9:45 P.M.

Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to contact Det./Cpl. David Alexander at 301-475-4200 Ext. 1954 or Sgt. Jeffery Jones at 301-475-4200 Ext.1963. You can also text message information at TIPS 239 plus your message to 274-637 (CRIMES) or by calling Crime Solvers at 301-475-3333.