Perryville man charged after allegedly beating his estranged girlfriend to death with a hammer

Perryville man charged after allegedly beating his estranged girlfriend to death with a hammer

BEATING HIS EX- GIRLFRIEND TODEATH WITH A HAMMER.

WMAR 2NETHAT STORY.(HAGER ST-UP) 14:16“The smalltown of Perryville had onlyexperienced a single murderthis year.

That is, untilSunday, when there was agruesome discovery inside anapartment on Broad Street”(TRACK) FIRST, POLICE ARRIVEAT THE HOUSE JUST DOWN THESTREET FROM PERRYVILLEHALL AND AN AMBULANCE SOONFOLLOWED, BUT THE FATE OF 43-YEAR-OLD JIMMIE PORTER HADALREADY BEEN SEALED.(SOT)---CarlieHeitzenrater/Victim6:49“Somebody literally gotmurdered right next to where Ilive.

I was home by myselflast night and I was justfreaking out, cause I diknow what was going on.

Idid” (TRACK)WHAT INVESTIGATORS HAVELEARNED IS THAT PORTER HADSEPARATED FROM HER BOYFRIEND,55- YEAR-OLD SERGIO RODRIGUEZ,JUNIOR, A FEW WEEKS AGO, ANDSHE HAD RETURNED TO THEAPARTMENT THEY ONCE SHAREDCOLLECT HIS HALF OF THMONTH(SOT)---Greg Shipley/MarylandState Police 17:05“A relativeand a co-worker of that personhad been searching for her.She had failed to report towork yesterday.

They wentlooking for her and went tothe apartment of her estrangedboyfriend where they saw herlying on a floor through thdoorway” (TRACK) ACCORDING TOCHARGING DOCUMENTS, PORTER HBEEN BLUDGEONED IN THE KITCHENAND A BLOODY HAMMER STILLRESTED WHERE IT HAD BEEN LEFON HER BODY.

THEY ALSO FOUND AHANDWRITTEN NOTE SIGNED BYRODRIGUEZ ASKING FORFORGIVENESS FOR THE WRONGTHING HE HAD DONE, LEAVING ALLOF HIS POSSESSIONS TO HIFAMILY.

AN HOUR AFTER THE BODYWAS DISCOVERED, POLICE IHAVRE DE GRACE PULLED OVER THESUSPECT FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING,AND TROOPERS ARRESTED HIM INCONNECTION WITH PORTERMURDER.

(SOT) 7:16“Theneighbors are so nice.Everybody is so nice aroundhere.

I didnthat happened around here, buit was just crazy” (HAGERST-UP) 15:31“Rodriguez isbeing held with no bond on aseries of charges includingFirst Degree Murder.

Reportingin Perryville, Jeff HageWMAR 2 News”HELP FOR VETERANS LOOKING FOWORK.

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