Timothy Johnson was 30 years old when he was stabbed in the 200 block of South Herring Court in Baltimore on Thursday, July 12, 2007. The Baltimore Police Department investigated his death, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists it as a homicide.
Beyond his name, his age and the block where he was found, almost nothing about Timothy Johnson has been made public.
No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no news outlet appears to have reported on the death in detail. He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he was, but none of that has entered the public record.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether he was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone he knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. It does not say what time of day it happened, whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
Timothy Johnson is also one of the most common names in the United States, and that makes the search for public records harder. Searches for the name turn up obituaries for many other men, including another Baltimore man named Timothy Johnson who was shot and killed in 2024, but none of those records describe the man who died on South Herring Court in the summer of 2007. It is possible that friends and relatives knew him by a nickname or a middle name, which may be why so little connected to his death can be found online.
South Herring Court is a short side street. On small blocks like it, neighbors often know one another by sight, and people who lived or worked nearby in July 2007 may remember the police activity that followed his death, even if they never learned his name.
Baltimore recorded roughly 200 to 280 homicides a year between 2007 and 2014, one of the highest rates of any large American city, and many of those killings were never solved. A stabbing happens at close range, which can mean that someone nearby heard an argument or saw who was there before or after the attack.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Timothy Johnson could be found in news archives or public records. More than 19 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who lived on or near South Herring Court in July 2007, or who knew a 30-year-old man named Timothy Johnson who died that summer, may hold information that could help detectives.
Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call Baltimore Police homicide detectives at 410-396-2100, or leave an anonymous tip with Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland at 1-866-7LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587).
