STATE POLICE MAKE TWO ARRESTS IN CECIL COUNTY HOMICIDE

(Earleville, MD) – Maryland State Police homicide investigators have charged two people in connection with the murder of a 71-year old Cecil County man.

The accused are identified as Lillian Jacobs, 24 and John Wayne Davis, 31, both of no fixed addresses in Cecil County, Maryland. Both are charged with first and second degree murder. Jacobs is being held at the Cecil County Detention Center without bond. Davis is awaiting an initial appearance before the Cecil County District Court Commissioner.

Both Jacobs and Davis are charged in connection with the death of John R. Fleming, 71, of the unit block of New Jersey Avenue in Earleville, Maryland. Fleming’s body was found on the living room floor inside his home on Monday morning, December 27, 2010. Fleming appeared to have suffered multiple stab wounds.

Police received information that Jacobs and Davis were seen pushing a wrecked pickup truck to the side of Crystal Beach Road around 3:30 p.m. on the day of Fleming’s murder. This location where they were seen is approximately one mile from Fleming’s development. It was reported that Jacobs and Davis were given a ride to Fleming’s home on New Jersey Avenue that same day.

Police learned that Davis was a wanted fugitive for violating his probation on previous theft charges. Subsequent to police learning the wrecked pickup truck was stolen, an arrest warrant was obtained for Jacobs. The stolen pickup did not belong to Fleming.

Information received led police to a mobile home park in Earleville where Jacobs and Davis were arrested without incident at around 6:00 a.m. this morning. While taking both suspects into custody, police observed bloodstains on their clothing.

Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, the State Apprehension Team, state troopers from the North East Barrack, crime scene analysts from the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division and sheriff’s deputies from the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office worked in cooperation after Fleming’s body was found.

The cause of death has not yet been determined. A motive for the murder remains unclear at this time. The investigation is continuing…