Elkridge Murder Suspect Found in Florida: Police

The suspect in an Elkridge murder investigation was taken into custody in Florida Sunday morning, the Howard County Police Department reported.

Timothy Mark Fuller, 53, was arrested around 8:20 a.m. Sunday by an officer conducting area checks in a parking lot in Jacksonville, Fla., the report said.

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Howard County investigators allege that Fuller killed his sister-in-law, 39-year-old Stacey Fulller, in the 6600 block of Washington Boulevard in Elkridge on Saturday.

She was found dead with traumatic injuries when firefighters responded to a call that there was a blaze at the residence at 10:35 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, in the residence at Capitol Mobile Park where she and her husband lived with Timothy Fuller, police said.

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Police said that Timothy Fuller killed Stacey Fuller, set fire to the residence and left in a white 2005 Ford Focus. He was discovered in a Florida parking lot in that vehicle Sunday morning, police said.

Stacey Fuller and four dogs inside the residence were kiled Saturday, and the cause of their deaths remained under investigation Sunday, police said.

The Fullers may have been involved in an ongoing family dispute, according to police.

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