Andre Trammell, 51, was stabbed and died on Thursday, December 26, 2019, in the 1400 block of May Court in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated his death, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists it as a homicide caused by stabbing. A list of recent homicides kept by the Sun's reporters recorded the case at 1:44 a.m. that day, in the early hours after Christmas.
Beyond his name, his age and the block where he was found, almost nothing about Andre Trammell 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.
What the record does make clear is the timing. His death came on the night after Christmas, a time when many families gather and when people are often out visiting relatives and friends late into the night. Whoever was on May Court or nearby in those hours, whether residents, visitors or people passing through, may have seen or heard something without realizing that it mattered. People who knew Trammell may also remember where he planned to spend the holiday, whom he was with that evening, or whether he had mentioned any conflict with anyone in the days before his death.
The Sun's database is one of the few places where his name appears at all. The entry gives his age, the block, the cause of death and the date, and little more. Unlike many killings that year, his death does not appear to have been the subject of a police news release that drew television coverage, and no follow-up story about an arrest, a vigil or a funeral could be found. That silence does not mean the case was forgotten by detectives, but it does mean the public has had almost nothing to go on.
May Court is a short residential street in Baltimore.
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.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Andre Trammell could be found in news archives or public records. More than six years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was on or near May Court late on Christmas night or early on December 26, 2019, or who knew Trammell and spoke with him in the days before he died, may know something that could help. 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).
