UPDATE (9/19/2025): Police on Friday announced that they'd charged a 34-year-old Virginia man with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in her Ellicott City apartment.
Rondale Dickerson, of Mappsville, Virginia, also faces second-degree murder, assault, and home invasion charges.
Police also identified the victim as 44-year-old Shelaya Broadwater and said that Broadwater and Dickerson had recently gotten engaged.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A woman was stabbed to death in Howard County Thursday afternoon.
According to Howard County Police, officers responded to an apartment in the 3100 block of West Springs Drive, where a woman had been stabbed multiple times. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The initial investigation revealed no signs of forced entry into the apartment.
Investigators believe the woman was targeted.
The exact time of the crime remains unknown.
The investigation is ongoing, and no charges have been filed.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov.
