Edgewood slaying suspect has charges dropped

The case against the man charged with a New Year?s Eve homicide in Edgewood has been dropped, after forensic evidence did not turn out as strong as prosecutors had hoped.

Lewis L. Cochran, 23, had been arrested and charged with the Dec. 31 homicide of Tyree Eugene Brown in the basement of an Edgewood town house. Cochran?s trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but the charges were dismissed July 17, and police say they no longer consider him a suspect.