Suspect in Essex Murder May Have Killed Again: Police

A man charged in the death of an Essex woman is also suspected in the death of a woman from Baltimore City, according to police.

Terrence L. Jenkins, 49, is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, police said.

He is allegedly suspected in two homicides:

• Shelly Lynn Fillion, 47, of the unit block of Skipjack Court, in Essex; Dec. 12
• Gina Kirchner, 48, of the 3600 block of Pulaski Highway, in Baltimore; Dec. 17

Baltimore County detectives had identified Jenkins as a suspect in the murder of Fillion, who was found partly under her pullout couch on Monday, Dec. 14, police said.

Jenkins had made a call from an address in the 3600 block of Pulaski Highway on Thursday, Dec. 17, according to police, who set up surveillance in the area and saw him entering a home where a woman let him inside.

While Jenkins was inside, police said they found a Ford Explorer belonging to Fillion outside.

Approximately 30 minutes after Jenkins went into the house on Pulaski Highway, he left and walked toward the Explorer, but upon seeing detectives, he ran across Pulaski Highway and was taken into custody, officials reported.

When investigators went into the home to question whoever was inside, they found the body of a deceased woman, according to the report. Baltimore City police identified the homicide victim Monday as Kirchner.

Court records show Jenkins is charged with a first-degree murder that allegedly occurred on Saturday, Dec. 12. He has a preliminary hearing in Baltimore County District Court on Jan. 15, 2016.

Police said he is a suspect in the homicide on Thursday, Dec. 17.

Related: Homicide Detectives Investigate Essex Woman’s Death

Photo Credit: Baltimore County Police Department.