After nearly five decades, Howard County law enforcement officials are poised to unveil culminating efforts in a long-unsolved homicide case. Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der, Executive Calvin Ball, and State's Attorney Rich Gibson are set for a news conference this morning to announce the anticipated closure of the 1975 cold case involving Roseann Sturtz, CBS News Baltimore reported.
Sturtz, only 20 years old at the time of her demise, was last witnessed alive in August 1975 outside the Tic Toc Club in downtown Baltimore. Her absence was marked later that evening when a relative reported her missing. Her whereabouts remained untraced until her remains were discovered near Oakland Ridge Industrial Park off Route 108 in December 1975. It wasn't until a sketch was published in a newspaper that Sturtz's co-workers came forward to help with her identification, WBAL explained.
The authorities have indicated that Sturtz succumbed to traumatic injuries, a somber note on a young life extinguished far too soon. While Sturtz's case is closing, it emerges from a grim lineup of mysteries within Howard County. The oldest of which dates back to 1971, involving an unidentified homicide victim, as detailed by county records.
