A sinister phone call from a man in jail awaiting trial on murder charges lead to the brutal shooting death of a witness in the case, Baltimore County police announced Friday.
Charged with first-degree murder on Friday in connection with the death of 38-year-old Carl Stanley Lackl were Frank Keith Goodman, 21, of Baltimore, and Patrick Byers, 22. Byers is currently awaiting trial for a Baltimore City murder case in which Lackl was a witness.
Goodman and Byers are the fifth and sixth suspects charged in the case.
According to police, Byers contacted Goodman from jail and offered to pay him to kill Lackl. Goodman then called Marcus Pearson, 26, who hired Wendel Williams, 21, and Jonathan Cordish, 15, to carry out the murder.
Pearson?s girlfriend, Tammy Graham, 21, telephoned Lackl to arrange to see a car he was selling. As Lackl stood outside his house, Graham and Pearson allegedly identified Lackl for Williams and Cordish, who were following in a separate car. Cordish then allegedly gunned down Lackl.
Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey lauded efforts of county detectives.
“The officers in homicide are very happy they solved this,” he said. “They don?t want this happening here again.”
