The suspect is identified as Davonta M. Braxton, 25, of Baltimore, Md. Braxton was arrested about 10:30 a.m. today on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He has been charged on an indictment from a Somerset County Grand Jury with second degree murder, manslaughter, first degree assault and second degree assault. He has been taken to the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack for processing and will later be transported to the Somerset County Detention Center to await his initial appearance before a court commissioner.
Braxton is charged in connection with the murder of Edmond St. Clair, 21, who was a student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Braxton has been a student at the university intermittently, but is not currently enrolled there, according to school records.
At about 9:00 p.m. on February 16, 2013, St. Clair was a passenger in a car traveling across the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus. Not far from the Student Services Center, St. Clair and those he was traveling with encountered several people who were walking in the street.
The investigation revealed St. Clair got out of the car and an altercation occurred, during which he was stabbed in the upper torso. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
During a search of the area near the crime scene, State Police investigators and crime scene technicians recovered a folding knife. The knife was examined at the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division crime laboratory. Evidence was found on the knife that positively connected it to the murder of St. Clair. Also found on the knife was DNA evidence from an unknown contributor.
Through their ongoing investigation of this murder, Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators were able to identify Braxton as a possible suspect. A search warrant was obtained and DNA was obtained from Braxton. Scientists at the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory determined the DNA evidence found on the knife was a positive match with the suspect’s DNA.
Evidence developed in this investigation was presented by the Somerset County State’s Attorney’s Office to a Grand Jury. The presentation resulted in the criminal indictment.
Investigative assistance was provided to the State Police Homicide Unit by the Somerset County Narcotics Task Force, the Somerset County State’s Attorney’s Office and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Police Department. Troopers and criminal investigators from the State Police Princess Anne Barrack also provided assistance, as did members of the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division. Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators also thank officials from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for their cooperation and assistance throughout the investigation.
32 comments:
Hopefully they can solve the murder of the correctional officers still open.
Outstanding work!
He's a BLM member as well go figure.
2:12 PM your proof of that?
What more do you expect from a Drug Dealing Thug from Bodymore?
what do you expect from UMES
Great job by the police.!
Question: If he was not enrolled at UMES what was he doing on campus??
If he was a suspect and the police had dna evidence at the scene why did it take 4 years?
Your proof that he wasn't?
UMES , the eastern shore grade school for African Americans.
Of him murdering a college kid? They have DNA on the murder weapon!
I guess I better get ready for all the protests in the streets, damage to businesses, rocks and bottles being at thrown, cars being burned, students walking out of classes and crowds stopping traffic in the roads and protests at government buildings and offices.
Sorry, I thought the killer was a privileged white kid.
hey 2:19 I have the proof did it upset you pervert?
2:19 PM, your proof that he is not?
Something smells ..4 years ..But they have dna ...Hummm...
So, they arrest this guy on campus near the crime scene 4 years later. And UMES claims "he is not enrolled here". Really?! So, what is he doing on their campus? Now thats Fishy.
Odd that the murderer was arrested 4 years later at the scene of the crime. This perpetrator was as brash as they come.
If his dna was not on file, explaining the warrant they used o get his, it would not show up in CODIS as a hit.
looks like he did a year for dealing drugs, so that took up some time. and he's no stranger to traffic court.
They had his dna....but his wasn't in the system. Hence the warrant they used to collect his.
This HAS to be a mistake. Surely no one at UMES would even think about something as terrible as this. They are all angels there.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
looks like he did a year for dealing drugs, so that took up some time. and he's no stranger to traffic court.
October 20, 2017 at 6:31 PM
What is people's obsession with traffic court? Most drivers I see on a daily basis should be sitting in there as a defendant.
Stop this! There's a lot of violence at SU that goes unreported thanks to SU President and our Mayor.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Stop this! There's a lot of violence at SU that goes unreported thanks to SU President and our Mayor.
October 20, 2017 at 7:24 PM
Stop what? The truth? Stop comparison shopping to try to make yourselves look better than you are.
can we please close that horrible UMES...it brings the worst type of students and teachers
Crime at SU doesn't include murder, unless you go back twenty-five or thirty years.
Well, now he can look forward to a free college education, courtesy of DOC.
Wait a minute, I enjoy the videos/comments that come out of UMES - via TWITTER, FACEBOOK and of course INSTAGRAM. Watching hoochie's get ready for parties and boys from the hood getting ready to lay down the low down.
C'mon man!
Wow. There is a teacher there who is a retired high classed probation agent who works there. Show some respect butt wipe.
Nah just rape and a alot of drug selling and use
I just watch those cop shows on regular tv. The college campus one that had SU students behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Wow. There is a teacher there who is a retired high classed probation agent who works there. Show some respect butt wipe.
October 22, 2017 at 9:50 AM
And? So?
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