Murder Charge Filed in 2012 Death, Police Suspect Other Violent Crimes (Updated)

UPDATED at 2:30 p.m. MILLERSVILLE, MD — Police have charged a man with murder in the 2012 death of Jessica Lee, and they say the killing, as well as the murder of Holly Smith, whose body was found behind a Parole business district near Annapolis Mall in June 2016, are likely not the only violent crimes he has committed.

Christopher Allen Scheibe, 28, with no fixed address, was taken into custody June 2 by Anne Arundel County and Maryland State Police in East New Market on the Eastern Shore and reportedly confessed to homicide detectives that he killed Smith, 24, who used to live in Essex. Scheibe faces charges of first- and second-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault in Smith’s death.

Anne Arundel County Police have now charged him with Lee's murder and said they believe he has committed other violent crimes in the region; he has ties to southern Maryland and on the Eastern Shore.

Lee, 20, of Brooklyn Park, was reported missing May 8, 2012, and was last seen in the 5700 block of Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park. In August 2012, Lee’s decapitated remains were found behind a Pasadena shopping center.

Cpl. Jacklyn Davis announced at a Monday afternoon press conference that Scheibe had long been a person of interest in Lee's death. Her remains were found Aug. 6, 2012, in woods off Ritchie Highway in Pasadena, behind what is now a Planet Fitness and was then an Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. Lee died from sharp-force trauma injuries.

As detectives investigated this summer's killing of Smith, they again asked Scheibe about Lee’s murder, and he admitted to killing her, Davis said. The second murder charge was filed Monday morning.

Police believe Scheibe may be involved in other violent crimes. He has ties to southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Davis asks that people take a close look at his face; he uses aliases and has often told people that he is with the U.S. Special Forces.

Anyone with more information about Scheibe and other crimes is asked to call the county’s tipline at 410-222-4700.

Lisa Marie, who told Patch in 2012 that she was one of Lee's best friends, said Lee had a then 1-year-old daughter.

"The last time I talked to her was the day she went missing," Marie said in 2012. "She said she was going to a party, but I don't know what kind of party it is."

»Photos of (from left) Christopher Scheibe, Jessica Lee, Holly Smith, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police