Fugitive Baltimore County cops, 2 daughters found shot to death after manhunt: reports
The hunt for a former Baltimore County police officer who allegedly kidnapped his two daughters with the help of a Baltimore County police sergeant is over after all four were found dead in West Maryland on Thursday.
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. - The hunt for a former Baltimore County police officer who allegedly kidnapped his two daughters with the help of a Baltimore County police sergeant is over after all four were found dead in West Maryland on Thursday.
U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies were searching for Robert Vicosa and Tia Bynum after an alleged crime spree in York County in Pennsylvania.
All four were found shot inside a car at a rural Maryland intersection, according to WJZ.
Vicosa allegedly sexually assaulted his ex-wife at a home in Windsor Township and then kidnapped their two young children, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7.
The hunt for Vicosa and Bynum – who was reportedly his close friend and confidante – ended Washington County, Maryland.
Police and emergency personnel could be seen at a rural intersection, where a car matching the one Vicosa had been linked to could be seen covered.
In addition to the alleged crimes in Pennsylvania, law enforcement said Vicosa carjacked a man in Maryland before law enforcement found their car.
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Police had considered Vicosa and Bynum armed and dangerous. They allegedly held Vicosa’s estranged wife captive over the weekend, tying her up and forcing her to snort a crushed painkiller pill, smoke pot, and handle guns, according to court records.
Vicosa threatened to kill his estranged wife, their children and himself, according to the records.
Wednesday afternoon, Vicosa and Bynum carjacked a man in Cockeysville and ordered him to drive them around before releasing him unharmed, police said. As the manhunt continued Thursday, about a dozen schools in northern Baltimore County were temporarily locked down; no one could enter or exit without the principal’s permission.
Vicosa served as a sergeant in the Catonsville precinct as recent as 2019, but a series of administrative charges resulted in his demotion and firing three months ago, according to police records. Bynum worked in the department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau, a specialized unit that investigates the most serious crimes. Officials described the two as being in a relationship."
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