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I first heard about this yesterday & have thought of her often, & continue to wonder about who would rape & murder a school teacher....so sad....I checked on for updates on this case tonite, and it looks like LE has a suspect.
Earlier news:
A Harford County woman is dead the victim of a murder on the campus of a secure detention facility for troubled youths in Prince Georges County.
State police say the body of 65-year-old Hannah Wheeling of Bel Air was found Thursday morning at the Cheltenham Youth Facility.
Wheeling was a teacher at Cheltenham. Police have not identified a suspect -- but they are interviewing other people who work the facility and the delinquent youths who lived in the cottage where Wheeling's body was found.
Wheeling's worked at the Murphy Cottage on the Cheltenham facility. She taught youths who were considered less dangerous and more ready for rehabilitation.
'It's our understanding that they moved throughout the building yes but again we're not ruling out any possibilities at this point, said Greg Shipley, a spokesman for the Maryland State Police. But investigators are talking to them and talking to staff members at this time.
Twenty teens live and go to class at the Murphy cottage. Wheeling appears to have been beaten to death, and sources tell ABC-2 News there is evidence of a sexual assault. Police say those 20 detainees did have access to the area where wheeling's body was found.
Her neighbors in Bel Air describe a woman who was dedicated to helping the troubled kids at Cheltenham. She enjoyed the kids down there. She did a damn good job and it's something that shouldn't have happened, said Mike DeMartino.
more here
http://www.abc2news.com/mostpopular...ent-Youth-Facilit/o25oQ4_M0UervNBMcFi_Lg.cspx
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Officials say around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, a staff member at the school found Wheeling's body lying outside a door of the school building on the lower level of the two-story brick building.
Police were called to the scene and Wheeling was pronounced dead.
Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, assisted by detectives from the Prince George's County Police Department Homicide Unit, began an investigation.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that the victim had been assaulted," said Greg Shipley, Maryland State Police.
That preliminary investigation found that Wheeling arrived at the school at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Police are working to determine what her activities were during the day.
They have found no evidence that Wheeling left the school at anytime Wednesday evening.
Wheeling's body was found lying partially clothed outside the door of the school building.
more here
http://wjz.com/local/Body.found.grounds.2.1503071.html
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Tonight's update
13-year-old is suspect in slaying at Prince George's juvenile facility
Police are questioning a 13-year-old boy in connection with the slaying of a teacher at a state-run juvenile detention center in Prince George's County, and law enforcement sources say he is detectives' main suspect in the killing.
The boy has not been charged, and it remains unclear exactly how or why he might have killed 65-year-old Hannah Wheeling, a Bel Air resident and teacher of general studies at the Cheltenham Youth Facility. The boy is a resident of the facility, but has been moved, the sources said.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/homicide/13-year-old-is-suspect-in-slay.html
Prayers for Ms. Wheeling...it's just so wrong she had to die this way
Earlier news:
A Harford County woman is dead the victim of a murder on the campus of a secure detention facility for troubled youths in Prince Georges County.
State police say the body of 65-year-old Hannah Wheeling of Bel Air was found Thursday morning at the Cheltenham Youth Facility.
Wheeling was a teacher at Cheltenham. Police have not identified a suspect -- but they are interviewing other people who work the facility and the delinquent youths who lived in the cottage where Wheeling's body was found.
Wheeling's worked at the Murphy Cottage on the Cheltenham facility. She taught youths who were considered less dangerous and more ready for rehabilitation.
'It's our understanding that they moved throughout the building yes but again we're not ruling out any possibilities at this point, said Greg Shipley, a spokesman for the Maryland State Police. But investigators are talking to them and talking to staff members at this time.
Twenty teens live and go to class at the Murphy cottage. Wheeling appears to have been beaten to death, and sources tell ABC-2 News there is evidence of a sexual assault. Police say those 20 detainees did have access to the area where wheeling's body was found.
Her neighbors in Bel Air describe a woman who was dedicated to helping the troubled kids at Cheltenham. She enjoyed the kids down there. She did a damn good job and it's something that shouldn't have happened, said Mike DeMartino.
more here
http://www.abc2news.com/mostpopular...ent-Youth-Facilit/o25oQ4_M0UervNBMcFi_Lg.cspx
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Officials say around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, a staff member at the school found Wheeling's body lying outside a door of the school building on the lower level of the two-story brick building.
Police were called to the scene and Wheeling was pronounced dead.
Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, assisted by detectives from the Prince George's County Police Department Homicide Unit, began an investigation.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that the victim had been assaulted," said Greg Shipley, Maryland State Police.
That preliminary investigation found that Wheeling arrived at the school at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Police are working to determine what her activities were during the day.
They have found no evidence that Wheeling left the school at anytime Wednesday evening.
Wheeling's body was found lying partially clothed outside the door of the school building.
more here
http://wjz.com/local/Body.found.grounds.2.1503071.html
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Tonight's update
13-year-old is suspect in slaying at Prince George's juvenile facility
Police are questioning a 13-year-old boy in connection with the slaying of a teacher at a state-run juvenile detention center in Prince George's County, and law enforcement sources say he is detectives' main suspect in the killing.
The boy has not been charged, and it remains unclear exactly how or why he might have killed 65-year-old Hannah Wheeling, a Bel Air resident and teacher of general studies at the Cheltenham Youth Facility. The boy is a resident of the facility, but has been moved, the sources said.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/homicide/13-year-old-is-suspect-in-slay.html
Prayers for Ms. Wheeling...it's just so wrong she had to die this way