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Lydia Wingfield

Case from Baltimore, MD dated Aug 31, 2005

Victim Details

Lydia Wingfield

Female

Black / African American

Baltimore

MD

2005-08-31

78

Lydia

Wingfield

07/08/2026

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Lydia R. Wingfield, a 78-year-old woman, became a tragic victim in a series of brutal killings that shook Baltimore. On August 31, 2005, a man knocked on her apartment door, claiming to be a childhood friend of her son and giving the name 'Money'. Later that day, the same man, Raymont Hopewell, a 34-year-old drifter with a significant criminal record, broke into her home. He proceeded to rape and strangle her to death in the place she had long called home.

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  • Man pleads guilty to killing 5 older Baltimore residents - Vail Daily
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