On a Sunday evening in March of 2013, Alexander Moulton, a 29-year-old African-American man, shared a meal with his parents before heading out to visit a friend in the Central Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. This would be the last time his family saw him alive. Later that night, on March 17th, police were called to the 3700 block of Manchester Avenue in northwest Baltimore.
There, they discovered Moulton in the driver's seat of a white van, which was parked behind a house and riddled with bullets.
Moulton had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his face and neck. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:15 the following morning. His death was one of five homicides that city detectives were investigating over a violent 30-hour period in Baltimore.
A hardworking father of two, Moulton had followed in his father's footsteps and recently completed a four-year apprenticeship to become a painter at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay. His family described him as a dedicated father who often worked seven days a week to provide for his children. The motive for his killing remains unclear from available reports.
In the years following Alexander Moulton's death, there have been no public announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in connection with his murder. The case is another unsolved homicide in a city that has long struggled with violent crime. Information on any potential leads, persons of interest, or developments in the investigation has not been made available in public sources.
