Police have arrested two Laurel residents in the past month and charged them with murder in two separate incidents.
Laurel police arrested Kevin Raymond Nicholas Green, 34, of Laurel Oaks Lane, Aug. 12 and charged him with fatally stabbing one housemate and cutting another housemate with intent to kill. The slain victim was Terrence Smith Jr., 51, and the other victim was his son, Aiden Smith, 20.
In the charging document, Laurel police said they were called to the Green’s home due to a report of a stabbing. Aiden Smith told them that he and his father had been living with Green for four months with no issues until the night before the incident, when Terrence Smith got into an argument “when Green insisted he was Jesus.” Aiden Smith told police the argument seemed to end peacefully, but that the next day Green called both of them to the living room saying “he had something to show them,” according to the document.
Aiden Smith heard his father scream and yell, “Drop the knife,” and then found Green coming into his own bedroom and attacking him with a knife, the document said.
The charging document said police interrogated Green and that he said “Jesus had told him to kill” both of his housemates.
Laurel police urge anyone with information to contact Det. Dickerson at adickerson@laurel.md.us, submit an anonymous tip at LPDtips@laurel.md.us or call the department’s non-emergency line, 301.498.0092.
In a separate incident, Prince George’s police announced Aug. 29 that they had arrested James Gilbert King IV, 48, of Larchdale Road, and charged him with a fatal shooting. The victim was found lying in the 13200 block of Laurel-Bowie Road July 25 about 10:20 p.m. The victim was William Denard Askew, 33, of Greenbelt.
Police did not announce what led them to suspect King as the perpetrator, and no charging documents in the case had been filed as of press deadline.
Court records show that county police charged King with assault and illegal possession of a firearm in an incident July 29, only days after Askew was found dead on Laurel-Bowie Road. A resident living in the apartment building where King lived said he had an ongoing dispute with King. He also stated that King had yelled at him and pointed a gun at him after the resident discovered his car had been vandalized, records said.
The records also stated that security video footage at the apartment complex had shown other instances of King brandishing a handgun in common areas there.
Prince George’s County police are urging anyone with information regarding this case to call the homicide unit at 301.516.2512. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1.866.411.TIPS (866.411.8477), report online to pgcrimesolvers.com or use the P3 Tips mobile app. The case number is 25-0040942.