Terrence Scott was 38 years old when he was found fatally stabbed on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in the 5900 block of York Road in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists his death as a homicide and records that he was found at about 4 p.m. that day. The Baltimore Police Department investigated the killing.
Beyond his name, his age and the block where he was found, almost nothing about Terrence Scott 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.
Even the few details that are public raise questions that have never been answered. The record does not say whether Terrence Scott 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 whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect. The afternoon hour suggests the block may have had people coming and going at the time, but no account of witnesses has been made public.
Terrence Scott is a common name, and searches for it turn up several other men who died in 2018, including a 26-year-old shot in a San Antonio bar that November and a young man from Alabama who died that June. Those men are not connected to this case. That crowding of namesakes may be one reason the Baltimore man's story is so hard to find, and it makes any memory from the people who actually knew him all the more valuable.
York Road is one of the main north-south corridors of North Baltimore, running from the city up through the county line toward Towson. The 5900 block lies in the northern stretch of the road inside the city, a busy commercial strip lined with small shops, churches, bus stops and rowhouse blocks just off the main road.
After the unrest of 2015, Baltimore recorded more than 300 homicides a year for eight straight years, and the share of killings that ended in an arrest fell sharply. Terrence Scott was one of the people killed during those years whose case drew almost no public attention.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Terrence Scott could be found in news archives or public records. More than eight years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Someone who was on York Road on the afternoon of May 1, 2018, or who knew Terrence Scott and heard talk about a dispute in the spring of 2018, may hold the piece of information that detectives still need. 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).
