Ex-husband arrested for ‘crime of rage’ murders of spouse and boyfriend whereas 4 children hid in dwelling

A person has been charged with killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend in a “crime of rage” whereas the girl’s 4 kids hid inside the house.

David Phillip Turner, 33, of Miami, Florida, was arrested on Saturday on a seashore in Fort Lauderdale and charged with two counts of first-degree homicide over the August killings of Crimea Malita Baker, 33, and Sean Antoine Lange, 34.

The couple had been discovered useless from a number of gunshot wounds contained in the bed room of their dwelling in New Market, Maryland, on August 25.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins mentioned in a press convention on Monday that Turner is believed to have crept inside the house by means of the again door at round 1am and located the couple of their mattress.

The suspect then allegedly fired “greater than 42 rounds” on the victims at shut vary.

Frederick County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies responded to the house at round 7am and located the 2 victims.

The 4 kids – all aged 13 and underneath – had been discovered unhurt inside the house, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Turner is Baker’s ex-husband and the daddy of three of the kids, with Lange being the daddy of the fourth, authorities mentioned.

Police mentioned that they had no motive to consider there was any contact between the suspect and his ex-wife earlier than the assault.

Jenkins described the incident as “a heinous violent crime – a focused double homicide – and a criminal offense of rage and anger” that shook the area people.

“Their (The youngsters’s) lives won’t ever be the identical,” he added.

An arrest warrant was filed a month in the past, earlier than Turner was arrested on a south Florida seashore on Saturday in a joint operation between Fort Lauderdale Police, the FBI, and the Frederick County Sheriff’s Workplace.

He was charged with two counts of first-degree homicide, dwelling invasion, and two counts of use of a firearm in a criminal offense of violence or felony.

Turner is being held on the Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace Jail in Florida whereas awaiting extradition to Maryland.

In a press launch, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins mentioned: “This investigation has been a precedence of this workplace for the reason that morning of the shootings.

“In anxiously ready for closure and the arrest of the particular person accountable, the general public has been extraordinarily affected person and may now be utterly assured that this was a focused domestic-related homicide. I lengthen my due to the Lake Linganore Group for his or her help within the investigation and their persistence whereas we labored to apprehend the assassin.”