Unsolved Murder:
Corinna Loring, 20's, murdered 4 November 1935, Mount Ranier, Prince Georges County, MD
Corinna Loring was a young woman in her 20's who lived with her mother in a small cottage style house on Beech Street (now called Taylor Street) near the corner of Beech and 31st Streets in Mount Ranier.
Mount Ranier is a small incorporated city and residential community in Maryland which borders Washington DC.
On the evening of 4 November 1935, Corinna's mother returned home from church to find that her daughter was not at home. When she failed to return home after a time, the Mount Ranier Police, headed by Chief Eugene Plummer, were called to search for her.
Two days later, on November 6th, Corinna's body was found about four blocks from her home in a wooded area at the north end of Cedar Street (now called Upshur Street). The area where her body was found was then known as Saddleback Ridge and is currently the site of Kaywood Garden Apartments.
Corrina appeared to have been garrotted with a piece of twine.
Because neither the Mount Ranier Police nor the Prince Georges County Police (who also took part in the search for Corinna) had the resources or experienced personnel necessary to conduct a homicide investigation (in 1935), the investigation into Corinna's death was conducted by detectives from the Baltimore City Police Department - a common practice in those days.
Although information on a suspect was developed and presented to a grand jury in 1936, the case was never solved.
Source:
Journey Through Time - A Pictorial History of the Prince Georges County Police Department - by Dennis Campbell (1991)
Corinna Loring, 20's, murdered 4 November 1935, Mount Ranier, Prince Georges County, MD
Corinna Loring was a young woman in her 20's who lived with her mother in a small cottage style house on Beech Street (now called Taylor Street) near the corner of Beech and 31st Streets in Mount Ranier.
Mount Ranier is a small incorporated city and residential community in Maryland which borders Washington DC.
On the evening of 4 November 1935, Corinna's mother returned home from church to find that her daughter was not at home. When she failed to return home after a time, the Mount Ranier Police, headed by Chief Eugene Plummer, were called to search for her.
Two days later, on November 6th, Corinna's body was found about four blocks from her home in a wooded area at the north end of Cedar Street (now called Upshur Street). The area where her body was found was then known as Saddleback Ridge and is currently the site of Kaywood Garden Apartments.
Corrina appeared to have been garrotted with a piece of twine.
Because neither the Mount Ranier Police nor the Prince Georges County Police (who also took part in the search for Corinna) had the resources or experienced personnel necessary to conduct a homicide investigation (in 1935), the investigation into Corinna's death was conducted by detectives from the Baltimore City Police Department - a common practice in those days.
Although information on a suspect was developed and presented to a grand jury in 1936, the case was never solved.
Source:
Journey Through Time - A Pictorial History of the Prince Georges County Police Department - by Dennis Campbell (1991)