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Hopewell broke into the home, tied Lydia up, raped, and strangled her to death. On September 2, Hopewell broke into a home in west Baltimore that belonged to a 63-year-old woman. Finding she was not upstairs, Hopewell settled in the kitchen and ransacked through her food and drinks. He eventually found her hiding in the basement. At knifepoint he raped her and left the home without killing her. Seven days later, on September 9, Hopewell attacked an elderly couple in their Spaulding Avenue home. Having cut a hole in the kitchen screen door, Hopewell attacked the 55-year-old woman and the 61-year-old man. He brandished a knife and demanded $ 150. The woman told Hopewell that she had already called the police, and in response, he fled the home.
253:, by the ankles then continently beat him and ended up killing him. Two downstairs neighbors, Bruce Boulware and D'Twain Holmes-Boulware, heard loud noises coming from Crawford's apartment. The couple notified security of the odd noises. When a female security guard knocked on Crawford's door, Hopewell answered and told the officer that Crawford had simply fallen, but when the officer asked to come in, Hopewell refused. She threatened to call police to which Hopewell dared her to. She then walked away, and Hopewell ran out of the building. The responding officers found Crawford's body on the floor.
221:. He was released on $ 5,000 bail. In September 2002, he was convicted of the drug charge and given two years of probation. Two months later, Hopewell entered the Greenwell Apartments for elderly and disabled in northern Baltimore, where at the time, his mother was living. Across from his mother's apartment was the apartment of 88-year-old Sarah Shannon. On November 30, 2002, Hopewell broke into Shannon's apartment and located her in her bed. He raped and strangled her to death and took valuables. Her body was found by a relative after she had not answered any of her phone calls.
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Jerrold. Introducing himself as "money", he claimed to have known Jerrold as a child but refused to reveal his real identity. He later left the premises and Lydia called her son to
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Sandtown neighborhood. Using a shoestring, he tied Mack's hands together, took off her pants, and sexually assaulted her. He then strangled her to death. Her body was found later that day by her son Ernest. On August
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December 2005, he was charged with five counts of murder, four counts of assault, and one count of rape. He was slated to be tried in September 2006. Persecutors sought the death penalty. Shortly before his scheduled trial, Hopewell accepted a plea deal which allowed him to plead guilty to all
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