PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — A Reedsville man charged with the homicide of a distinguished photographer within the Washington D.C. space will stay in jail with out bond.
Maryland authorities stated Brandon R. Holbrook is going through not less than three costs – first-degree homicide, second-degree homicide and first-degree assault – in reference to the loss of life of 51-year-old Joseph A. Shymanski, of Huntingtown, Md.
After being extradited from Mifflin County on Thursday, Holbrook arrived in Calvert County, Md., for the primary time since investigators allege he was there throughout Labor Day weekend. He was arrested greater than two weeks in the past at his Reedsville dwelling.
D.C. space media shops reported that Holbrook is scheduled to look in court docket on Oct. 20 for a preliminary listening to, and he’s being represented by a public defender.
Media shops reported Holbrook instructed the decide on Friday that he has “no historical past of violence in any way” and “no intention to flee.”
Regardless of Holbrook’s statements, the decide ordered him held with out bail.
Court docket paperwork revealed particulars from an interview with Shymanski’s ex-wife, Heather Snyder, the place she said Holbrook was her final vital different and he “expressed anger in direction of Shymanski for what he has put her by means of.”
Holbrook’s truck was noticed by license plate readers leaving Calvert County on the identical evening a neighbor final noticed Shymanski alive. He was reported lacking by his ex-wife, who arrived at his dwelling on Sept. 4 for a kid custody change, however he was not there, police stated.
In response to charging paperwork, police searched his dwelling and storage and located Shymanski’s solely registered automobile parked within the driveway and his cellular phone inside.
On Sept. 5, detective and crime scene technicians from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Workplace returned to Shymanski’s dwelling and located blood proof on the driveway and suspected foul play, media shops reported.
When detectives interviewed Holbrook in Pennsylvania, they reported smelling an odor of decomposition from the again of his truck which had a secured cap on it. “There have been additionally maggots situated crawling all around the again of the truck,” in accordance with court docket paperwork. Authorities additionally discovered human blood and stays with hair that was collected in addition to packages of plastic and disposable gloves.
Holbrook initially instructed detectives he wasn’t close to Calvert County however requested an legal professional when requested why his white Dodge truck was recognized by tag readers.
Media shops stated prosecutors imagine Holbrook drove practically 4 hours from his dwelling to Shymanski’s dwelling the place he allegedly shot him in his driveway.
Media shops additionally stated in court docket, prosecutors stated Holbrook decapitated Shymanski’s physique then burned and dismembered his stays. They added investigators discovered Shymanski’s head “a pair hundred yards from (Holbrook’s) dwelling.”
Moreover, prosecutors stated Holbrook disposed of stays in a rubbish bag within the parking zone of a close-by retailer.