73-Year-Old Stabbed 25 Times to Death by Granddaughters Boyfriend

A 73-year-old woman is dead after police say a man stabbed her in her home Thursday afternoon.

Angelo Spencer is being held without bond on murder and rape charges after police say he killed a woman in her bel air home, then assaulted her teenage granddaughter.

Angelo Spencer

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Bel Air police identified Cathy Bland, a 73-year-old grandmother as the victim.

Cathy Bland

Bland was stabbed 25 times just inside her front door by a man police say was there to see her granddaughter.

Chief Charles Moore said Spencer, “used a knife to stab and kill her. Just disgusting. Likely dozens of stab wounds.”.

Harford County sheriff’s deputies arrested 24-year-old Angelo Spencer at his home in Abingdon {snip}

Spencer was identified in court documents as the ex- boyfriend of Bland’s 17- year- old granddaughter.

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Court documents say spencer admitted to stabbing bland with a pocketknife telling investigators he “panicked and then continued to stab” her multiple times.

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Spencer is accused of assaulting Bland’s granddaughter upstairs before leaving the house. Co- worker Charlotte Green supported Spencer in court Friday and calls him a good man.

“I just can’t believe this is happening.” said Green. “I just can’t. This is not him. Something had to make him snap.”

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