Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The state's attorney for Montgomery County will discuss the role of forensic evidence in the case during a Wednesday evening lecture, open to the community.
The lead prosecutor in the case against Brittany Norwood, the woman accused of killing co-worker Jayna Murray at Bethesda's Lululemon store in March of 2011, will speak about the case at Montgomery College Wednesday evening. John McCarthy, Montgomery County State's Attorney, will discuss the role forensics played in the case against Norwood during a 7 p.m. lecture at the Montgomery College Germantown campus at 20200 Observation Drive. The lecture will take place in Globe Hall in the High Technology center. It's open to the public and free of charge. Forensic evidence -- including blood spatter, DNA, fingerprints and track and trail -- played a key role in the prosecution's case against Norwood, who was found guilty of first-degree murder …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Catch up on news you may have missed this month in Bethesda crime and public safety.
Two years since the slaying of Lululemon employee Jayna Murray, Bethesda residents marked the somber anniversary this month. At the same time, concerns like pedestrian safety came to the forefront, as two pedestrians were left seriously injured and two others -- one just 3 months old -- were thankfully unharmed after vehicle collisions. Catch up on news you may have missed this month in Bethesda crime and public safety.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The body of the Lululemon employee was found inside the downtown Bethesda athletic store on March 12, 2011.
It was on March 12, 2011, that the body of Lululemon employee Jayna Murray, 30, was discovered in the back of the popular Bethesda Row athletic store. The murder case that unfolded would leave the Bethesda community at first in fear, and later in shock as the story of masked attackers offered to police by her co-worker, Brittany Norwood, unraveled. Norwood now stands convicted of murdering Murray, and will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors said Norwood cut, stabbed, and bludgeoned Murray more than 330 times after Murray discovered her attempting to steal a pair of yoga pants. Patch was on the scene that March Saturday two years ago, and we've followed the case in the months and years since…
The body of the Lululemon employee was found inside the downtown Bethesda athletic store on March 12, 2011.
It was on March 12, 2011, that the body of Lululemon employee Jayna Murray, 30, was discovered in the back of the popular Bethesda Row athletic store. The murder case that unfolded would leave the Bethesda community at first in fear, and later in shock as the story of masked attackers offered to police by her co-worker, Brittany Norwood, unraveled. Norwood now stands convicted of murdering Murray, and will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors said Norwood cut, stabbed, and bludgeoned Murray more than 330 times after Murray discovered her attempting to steal a pair of yoga pants. Patch was on the scene that March Saturday two years ago, and we've followed the case in the months and years since…
Sunday, November 11, 2012
The event benefits a foundation organized in memory of Jayna Murray, who was killed at Bethesda's Lululemon shop in March of 2011.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The run is set to honor Lululemon murder victim Jayna Murray.
There's been a date change for the second annual Jayna Murray 5K Run/Walk. The event is a fundraiser for the Jayna Troxel Murray Foundation, a group that promotes the memory of murder victim Jayna Murray. It was originally set for Nov. 4, but was pushed back to Nov. 11 after a scheduling conflict with another race, according to race organizer Judd Borakove. The annual Edgemoor Classic 5K, a fundraiser for Bethesda Library and Bethesda Elementary School, is set for Nov. 4 in the Edgemoor neighborhood. Murray, 30, was killed March 11, 2011, in the downtown Bethesda Lululemon store where she worked. Her coworker, Brittany Norwood, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Jayna Troxel …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The race in honor of Lululemon murder victim Jayna Murray will take place Nov. 4 in downtown Bethesda.
The second annual Jayna Murray 5K Run/Walk is set for Nov. 4 in downtown Bethesda. The event is a fundraiser for the Jayna Troxel Murray Foundation, a group that promotes the memory of murder victim Jayna Murray. Murray, 30, was killed March 11, 2011, in the downtown Bethesda Lululemon store where she worked. Her coworker, Brittany Norwood, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Jayna Troxel Murray Foundation, organized by Murray’s family, promotes academics, athletics, travel, fine arts and overall personal improvement – all of which were passions and interests for Murray. The group also provides scholarships for schools and educational programs Murray attended, including the St…
Monday, March 12, 2012
An editor's reflection on covering the Lululemon case, a year after the tragic homicide.
“Body found on Bethesda Row,” read the news alert that showed up in my inbox that bright Saturday a year ago. I had been trying on bridesmaid’s dresses at a bridal shop in Rockville with my soon-to-be-married friend, whom I met when we were both journalism graduate students at American University. We delighted in the minute decisions that would all somehow come together in a few months to make her wedding day perfect. Strapless? One shouldered? Apple red or burgundy? But the lighthearted morning quickly turned into an adrenaline-fueled whirlwind of breaking news coverage, as the first details of a horrific murder that would thrust Bethesda into the national spotlight began to emerge. After barreling down Rockville Pike, I was told by a …
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Patch looks back in photographs at the tragic homicide case that rocked Bethesda.
It was March 12, 2011, when Bethesda first learned of the horrific crime that had taken place the evening prior inside the downtown Lululemon store. Since that day, the tragic homicide of Jayna Murray has rocked the Bethesda community. Bethesdans were left in fear in the wake of the murder, believing two masked men had attacked two women inside the store and were still on the loose. They were shocked when they learned Murray' co-worker Brittany Norwood, at first thought to be the surviving victim of the attack, was accused in the crime. They were stunned when they learned employees next door heard cries for help, but didn't call police. And they were saddened as they came together to honor Murray, a vibrant, adventurous graduate student …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Open house planned for Sunday, March 11, at the Bethesda store that was the scene of a brutal murder.
Downtown Bethesda's Lululemon store is planning an open house this Sunday, March 11 -- a date that marks a year since the brutal March 11, 2011 homicide that left store employee Jayna Murray dead. Murray's co-worker Brittany Norwood stands convicted of her killing and was sentenced in January to life in prison without the possibility for parole. Murray, a vibrant graduate student, was stabbed and bludgeoned more than 331 times inside the store. Norwood, who was found bound near Murray's body, told police the two women had been attacked by masked men -- a story that left the community in terror. But after forensic evidence at the scene didn't match Norwood's tale, her story unraveled. The renovated store re-opened last year with the word "…
Robin Lawson
1:50 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I'll never forget getting a call the day after from a friend telling me about an incident at Lululemon's and being horrified that something like this could happen and then sickened as the details came out. Then equally disturbing that 2 employees at the Apple Store heard cries and struggling and did nothing. To this day I will not go into that Apple store. more ›