Murder Charge Filed In Odenton Cold Case, 2nd Suspect Dead

ODENTON, MD —Murder charges have been filed in an Odenton cold case after help from a DNA technology company pointed Anne Arundel County Police toward a possible suspect in the fatal 2010 shooting of Michael Anthony Temple of Odenton. While Fred Lee Frampton Jr., 32, of the 300 block of Thelma Avenue in Glen Burnie, was charged Nov. 1 with Temple's murder, police say a second suspect in the crime died earlier this year.

Jonathan Ludwig, 33, of Odenton, is believed to have also taken part in the break-in and shooting, police say. But Ludwig died in March 2018 as a result of drug intoxication from heroin, cocaine or both, the Capital reports.

Temple, 24, died June 18, 2015, at Baltimore Washington Medical Center from complications from the gunshot wound he suffered during an earlier home invasion/shooting with the manner being homicide. The struggle occurred on Feb. 2, 2010, in the 500 block of Williamsburg Lane in Odenton.

Investigators say two masked suspects — now believed to be Frampton and Ludwig — entered the residence, and began to tie up residents when a fight broke out. During the altercation, Temple was shot and the suspects fled the residence. He was left a quadriplegic from the gunshot wound.

In October 2015, cold case detectives turned to Parabon-NanoLabs, a DNA technology company that specializes in creating composite images that show the likely physical appearance and ancestry of a person from unidentified DNA evidence. A DNA sample from one of the two suspects in the Temple investigation was given to Parabon, and the company produced a composite. But, the image and a $10,000 reward for information from the public yielded no viable leads.

Detectives again asked Parabon for genetic genealogy assistance. Information was provided by Parabon which named Frampton as a possible suspect in the murder. Surveillance of Frampton yielded multiple DNA samples to compare with the suspect DNA recovered from the 2010 crime scene. Police say that DNA was a match.

On Oct. 31, detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging Frampton with Temple's murder. On
Nov. 1, Frampton was taken into custody.

Evidence from search warrants and interviews with ultimately led investigators to a second suspect, Ludwig, who was deceased.

Frampton is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, armed robbery, robbery, first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, fourth-degree burglary and use of a handgun in violent crime.

Police ask anyone with information in Temple's death to call the Anne Arundel County Homicide Unit at 410-222-4731. Callers wishing to remain anonymous can contact the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line 410-222-4700 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

Photo of shooting victim Michael Temple, plus photos of Fred Lee Frampton Jr. and Jonathan Ludwig, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police