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Thirty-Year-Old in Custody for Bethesda Homicide – MocoFeed

Posted on September 10, 2024

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Thirty-Year-Old in Custody for Bethesda Homicide

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police- Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged 30-year-old Devon Miller of Tacoma Avenue, Indianapolis with the homicide of his 37-year-old sister, Shanon Marie Barnett of Bethesda.


At approximately 10:30 p.m., on Monday, September 9, 2024, the MCPD Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a call for a suspicious situation in the 10500 block of Westlake Drive. At approximately 10:50 p.m., ECC received a second call for a domestic-related situation in the same location.

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2nd District officers arrived at the scene and observed Barnett inside the residence. Officers immediately made entry into the residence to render aid to Barnett, however, she was already deceased upon their arrival.


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The decedent has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, where an autopsy will be conducted to officially determine the cause and manner of death.

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Miller was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he is currently being held without bond.

Release ID: 24-409
Media Contact: CTDurham
Categories: death-investigation

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