Man Charged in Baltimore Cold Case 40 Years After Woman’s Body Found in Druid Hill Park

Man arrested and charged with woman's murder in connection to 2011 cold case, HPD says

Fifteen years after a woman was strangled to death, her accused killer is now behind bars and charged with murder, according to court documents.

Man charged in Baltimore cold case 40 years after woman’s body found in Druid Hill Park

David Williams, 67, was charged with first-degree murder and several other offenses earlier this month in connection with the fatal shooting of Teresa Ann Houck in October 1986.

Murder charges filed nearly 40 years after Baltimore woman’s killing in Druid Hill Park

Four decades later, murder charges have been filed in a Baltimore City cold case. David Alexander Williams is charged with the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Teresa Ann Houck in Druid Hill Park in October 1986. Almost 40 years later, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates filed first-degree murder and related charges. Houck was found dead lying in the grass nude from the waist down near the intersection of Red Run and Hanlon Drive. The incide…

Incarcerated man charged in 1986 Druid Hill Park cold case murder

Court records show Williams was already convicted earlier this year in a separate murder: a life sentence plus additional time for killing his wife in Abingdon in 2025.