Husband Charged in Cold Case Murder: Baltimore County Police

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — A former Nottingham resident has been charged in the 2006 murder of his wife after advances in DNA testing revealed he was connected to the murder scene, police allege.

Michael Amick, 56, was charged with first-degree murder this week in connection with the death of wife Roxanne on Sept. 13, 2006.

He had reported her missing on Sept. 14, 2006, allegedly telling authorities that she left their home in the 4200 block of Necker Avenue at 2 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2006, to go shopping and did not return.

He reportedly told police she took his 1998 Plymouth Voyager and left her cell phone at home.

The Voyager was found in the 8800 block of Belair Road behind a shopping center on Sept. 14, 2006.

There were work gloves inside the van, according to police.

At the time of the initial investigation, the sample from the work glove was too small to be tested, officials told WBAL.

However, recent technological advances made it possible to glean the DNA evidence from smaller sample areas, and police reported Monday that a sample from the right glove matched Michael Amick's DNA profile.

Roxanne Amick's body was found in a wooded area where there was poison ivy off Belair Road near Perry Hall Road on Sept. 15, 2006, according to officials. Her body was wrapped in two blankets, both of which police said belonged to the Amicks.

An autopsy showed the death was a homicide caused by multiple injuries, officials reported.

When he was brought in to police headquarters in 2006 for questioning, Michael Amick allegedly said that Roxanne Amick had left their home because the couple got into an argument.

During the questioning, investigators took note of a rash from his wrists to his upper arm and obtained a warrant to take him to GBMC for evaluation, police said.

"Doctors determined that the rash was contact dermatitis that was a reaction to plant material like poison ivy," police said in a statement. "Amick did not tell how he might have gotten the rash."

Although Michael Amick had moved to Hawaii after his wife's death, he recently came back to the Baltimore area for a visit, which is when authorities said they took him into custody after the state's attorney reviewed the case and obtained an arrest warrant. He was arrested on Oct. 13, 2016, and initially held without bail.

At a bail review Monday, a judge reduced bail to $250,000.

Police said Michael Amick was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Booking photo of Michael Amick courtesy of the Baltimore County Police Department.