Life Plus 30 Years For Annapolis, Pasadena Murders

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A judge sentenced a Calvert County man Wednesday to life in prison for the 2016 first-degree murder of an Essex woman whose body was found in a wooded area in Annapolis, and 30 years in prison for the 2012 second-degree murder of a Brooklyn Park woman whose body was found in Pasadena. Christopher Allen Scheibe, 29, pleaded guilty to both murders on Aug. 2.

The sentences were handed down by Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Paul Harris.

"Deceitful and manipulative to his core, Christopher Scheibe cannot be trusted to function within civilized society," Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams said in a statement. "Our community is safer now that he will spend the remainder of his life paying the price for these unfathomably brutal murders.

"While I know the victims' families continue to be haunted by the loss of their loved ones, I hope this sentence offers them some semblance of comfort and closure," Adams said.

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Scheibe received a life sentence for the first-degree murder of Holly Smith, 24, of Essex, whose body was found behind a Parole business district near Annapolis Mall on May 31, 2016. She had been stabbed multiple times, say prosecutors.

Scheibe received 30 years for second-degree murder in the 2012 slaying of Jessica Lee, 20, of Brooklyn Park. She was reported missing on 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.

Scheibe was interviewed in 2016 and admitted to his involvement in both murders, prosecutors said.

Adams thanked the prosecutors in his office and the homicide detectives with the Anne Arundel County Police Department "for their dogged pursuit of justice" in the case against Scheibe.

"Their relentless efforts allowed us to remove a very dangerous man from our community," he said.

Image: Christopher Allen Scheibe (AACPD)