HYATTSVILLE, MD – A 38-year-old woman is dead, and her attacker, her own brother is behind bars after a stabbing in Hyattsville on Thursday.
Police said 34-year-old Timothy Edwards was charged with the murder of his sister. The suspect is 34-year-old Timothy Edwards of the unincorporated area of Hyattsville, Maryland. He is charged with fatally stabbing 38-year-old Nashanna Belnavis.
According to police, on Thursday, at approximately 4:50 pm, patrol officers responded to the 2000 block of Oglethorpe Street for a call of unknown trouble.
“When they arrived, they discovered Belnavis unresponsive inside of an apartment suffering from trauma to the body. She was pronounced dead on scene,” The Prince George’s County Police Department said. “The preliminary investigation reveals the suspect and victim were siblings. For reasons that remain under investigation, the suspect fatally stabbed the victim.”
Edwards is charged with first- and second-degree murder along with assault charges. He is in custody of the Department of Corrections on a no bond status.