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Background: News footage shows the Potomac, Md. residence of Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon (WRC). Inset: Spencer Dillon Hamilton (Montgomery County Department of Police).
A Maryland man turned himself into police and allegedly told them that he stabbed his grandmother to death after “lying in wait” at her home.
Spencer Dillon Hamilton, age 27, is detained without bail following his arrest by Montgomery County Police for first-degree murder charges. Court documents accessed by WRC, a Washington, D.C.-based NBC affiliate, indicate that Hamilton entered the Rockville City Police Station at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, confessing to the murder of his grandmother, Pauline Yvonne Titus-Dillon, aged 87. Officers responded to her residence and discovered her deceased.
Documents, which local Fox affiliate WTTG also reviewed, reveal Hamilton’s alleged confession to police that in the early hours of March 30, he was “lying in wait” inside his grandmother’s bedroom closet. At approximately 4 a.m., after Titus-Dillon left her bathroom and entered her bedroom, her grandson reportedly attacked her. Hamilton allegedly admitted to stabbing her in the back and head, strangling her, and punching her in the face and head, claiming he had the suspected murder weapon when apprehended. Police have not disclosed any motive for the alleged crime.
Hamilton then told the police, per court documents, that he moved his grandmother’s body and attempted to clean up the scene. Before leaving the home, he allegedly stole her phone, credit cards, and laptop computer.
Police charged Hamilton with first-degree murder and took him into custody, where he is being held without bond.
During his court appearance on Monday, Hamilton stated that he wanted to act as his own attorney. WRC reported that upon hearing this, the judge consulted with a public defender and ordered that Hamilton undergo a psychiatric evaluation. He is due back in court on April 7.
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