An 18-year-old Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with the rape and murder of a homeless woman last week according to Baltimore Police.
18-year-old James Arthur House. (Courtesy Photo)
James Arthur House, of the 400 block of East Lorraine Avenue in the Harwood neighborhood in East Baltimore, confessed to the rape and murder during a police interrogation according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis during a media briefing Sept. 18.
Jessica Gibson, 35, who was allegedly homeless, was found behind wooden palettes on a road between Baltimore and Lombard Streets behind Power Plant Live and Port Discovery last Wednesday morning according to detectives.
Video surveillance from the area shows Gibson and House interacting before the crimes occurred.
“Nothing appeared volatile” said T.J. Smith, Baltimore City Police Chief Spokesman of the surveillance.
Police had previously released a portion of that surveillance video asking the public to identify, “the last person to have seen Gibson alive.”
Davis said a resident called police and identified House.
House is charged with 12 criminal counts including first and second degree murder, first and second degree rape, among other charges.
According to Maryland Case Search, House has no prior criminal history before the crimes he has been charged with.
A review of court records show that House was denied bail and no attorney was listed as representing the suspect.