Man Arrested After Fatal Stabbing In Reisterstown
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County Police arrested a man who allegedly fatally stabbed a woman Friday afternoon in Reisterstown.
Police say 60-year-old Jimmy Foye Sr. is charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail after he allegedly stabbed 43-year-old Irma Lily Garrido Ruiz.
Detectives say Foye Sr. and the victim were in a relationship and lived together, but he had recently moved out.
Baltimore County Police responded to the call around 12:30 p.m. Friday to a home on Woodbench Court.
Woman Fatally Stabbed In Reisterstown, Police Say
"Medics responded and later pronounced the woman dead," Baltimore County Police Detective Robert Reason said.
A neighbor said she had met both Foye Sr. and the victim.
"We've never seen any issues there," Krista Johnson, the victim's neighbor, said. "The woman that unfortunately was killed was very nice."
The stabbing is the first homicide of the year in Baltimore County. It comes just days after a fatal shooting that also happened in Reisterstown on Sunday.
Homicides have jumped 85 percent in the county over the last year, going from 27 total in 2018 to 50 in 2019.
Foye Sr. is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
