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Deputies Search for 2 Suspects After Elderly Woman's Death

HANCOCK, Md. (AP) — Police are searching for two suspects in connection with the death of an 81-year-old Hancock woman.

Lt. Greg Alton of the Washington County Sheriff's Office said Monday that authorities have obtained arrest warrants for 39-year-old Crystal Dawn Stanley and 42-year-old Jerry Wayne Smith Jr.

The two have been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, armed robbery, robbery, first-degree assault and second-degree assault in connection with the case.

The body of Margaret Rose McAllister was discovered Friday at a Hancock residence. Her death has been ruled a homicide following an autopsy performed Saturday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

Anyone with additional information is being asked to contact deputies.

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