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February 5, 2014
Baltimore City police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the killing of a woman in her Patterson Park home, while neighbors say they’re shocked and saddened at the loss of such a good person.
Baltimore police on Sunday arrested Allen Pinkney, 16, and Alonzo Gorham-Ramos, 14, on murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree burglary and dangerous weapon with intent to injure charges.
Around 7:30 a.m. Friday, officers found 51-year-old Kimberly Leto dead inside her home in the 400 block of South Ellwood Avenue. Police said Leto suffered from trauma to her body. The manner of Leto’s death is still pending from the State’s Medical Examiner.
According to court documents, she was stabbed multiple times after confronting burglars in her home.
Police said evidence from a previous burglary, a fingerprint, led to Gorham-Ramos being a suspect. Also, a bloody Adidas shoe print at the crime scene seemed to match the type of shoe he was wearing during a police interview, police said.
Police said Gorham-Ramos admitted he was with an accomplice.
Gorham-Ramos asked a judge to release him during his bail review at Central Booking on Monday. He said he had a daughter and wanted to be home with her. But a judge called it a tragedy and, citing his and his co-defendant’s age and the seriousness of the crime, gave Gorham-Ramos a no-bail status and had him transferred to juvenile custody.
Pinkney was ordered to have a competency hearing.
“Based on our conversations with him, we had some concerns about him understanding what was going on. We also learned that he was not in compliance with medication he was supposed to be taking as well as some treatment he should have been following up on,” Pinkney’s attorney Jan Bledsoe said.
Bledsoe said Pinkney had no prior arrests and she has no indication that he had involvement in the prior burglary at the victim’s home.
Pinkney’s 16th birthday was nine days prior to the incident, so that makes him ineligible to be held at a juvenile facility. His bail review is set for Tuesday.
Leto’s death marked the 27th homicide in Baltimore.
“We must not allow the senseless loss of life taking place in this city to continue. It is unacceptable to see family after family ripped apart over petty behavior brought by uncaring agents of harm. It is ridiculous and has to stop,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said.
Leto worked at O’Donnell’s Pub on Potomac Street in nearby Canton. Regulars at the bar and friends of the victim, who called her Kimmie, said they’re shocked and saddened by what happened to her.
“She was just a wonderful person. When she walked in she just had a certain glow about herself,” said friend Kevin Carrick.
“She was always so full of life. You never saw her with a sad look on her face. She was always smiling and laughing,” said friend Stephanie Stickline.
Police said Ramos faced charges of breaking into Leto’s house in August, and they believe the motive Friday was burglary, too. Officials said Ramos’ prior arrest is what led them to him so quickly in Leto’s slaying.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy on so many levels. Our purpose today is not to claim victory with this arrest but to lament that such a tragedy occurred in the first place,” Batts said.
Despite the arrests, people who live and work in the Patterson Park neighborhood were left with even more questions.
“For (two teenagers) to do this, why couldn’t they just — if they had to take something, why not just take it and go? Why did they have to kill her?” questioned Carrick.
Police also confirmed that Ramos’ mother is a dispatcher, a civilian employee, with the Police Department.
Anyone with further information is asked to call police at 410-396-2100.
