A homicide investigation is currently underway in Potomac, Maryland, after a man confessed to the killing of his family member. According to WJLA, the Montgomery County Department of Police was alerted yesterday when an adult male walked into the Rockville City Police Station and admitted to the crime.
The suspect, later identified as 27-year-old Spencer Dillon Hamilton, reported to police at approximately 8:09 a.m. that he had killed a family member. After swiftly responding to the reported location at the 12600 block of Tribunal Lane, officers found an adult female victim with signs of trauma. Despite efforts by Fire Rescue personnel, she was pronounced dead at the scene, as detailed by information reported from the MoCoShow.
The victim was identified as Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon, an 87-year-old woman, revealed to be the suspect's grandmother. DC News Now provided detailed accounts from court documents outlining a brutal confrontation: Hamilton emerged from hiding in the closet around 4 a.m. following the victim's exit from the bathroom, stabbing her in the back and head, strangling her, and subsequently punching her in the face and head. He then attempted to clean the crime scene before leaving the premises with the victim's credit card, cell phone, and laptop.
Following the discovery of the crime, the body of Titus-Dillon was scheduled to be transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death officially. Hamilton has been charged with first-degree murder, feloniously, willfully, and with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought in the death of his grandmother, as stated in court documents.
