My finger's in a wound. >> Oh, it is? Yeah. >> I can feel it. >> Hi, honey. We're going to take care of you, okay? >> Paramedics are met with a grizzly scene after a 73-year-old grandmother is attacked inside her own home. But as detectives unravel the case, they uncover a connection to the suspect that no one saw coming. >> Yeah, he like went to town. >> Cover the holes. >> Just anywhere you see a hole, plug it. >> Okay. >> The following report is based on official police records released today, and the footage has never been seen before until now. On the afternoon of February 22nd, 2024, the Bel Air Police Department in Harford County, Maryland, receives a report from a teenager who says her grandmother, Mary Bland, has been stabbed. >> So, grandma's in the house, and where is she bleeding? Is she hurt? >> Where is your grandfather? He's not here, is he? >> Mary is found barely conscious on the floor near the front door. Mary lives with her husband as well as her granddaughter, Alyssa, who was home at the time of the attack. >> Ma'am, can you talk to me? >> Call her, please. >> Medics are here, okay? Hang tight, ma'am. We're just making sure the house is safe before EMS comes, okay? >> I need EMS. >> Yeah, can she come in? Can they come in? >> Yeah, come on in, guys. >> She's right here. We're trying to She's breathing. She's not talking. >> Right here. Are you with us? >> Looks like uh She's got one Yeah, one, two >> Chest We got a chest seal. >> Yeah, I got a chest seal ready. Give him give him Let me just cut over here. >> Hi, honey. We're going to take care of you, okay? She's got a uh >> Go ahead and put on top of her shirt. Somebody write this down or camera or something. >> Back of the head. >> I don't see it. >> Yeah, right there. Right there. >> You got significant lacs back neck. >> Yeah. >> Uh can we cover that? >> Yeah. >> Hold pressure. Back of the head. >> She's got it. Let me go. >> Mary is placed in an ambulance, and officers don't immediately find a weapon or a suspect. But a locked door at the back of the home appears to be tampered with, showing signs of an attempted break-in. As officers untangle the events, paramedics focus on treating Mary, who has been stabbed 25 times. >> I think there's an open >> Oh, there it is. Yeah, I can feel it. >> Yeah, he like went to town. >> Cover the holes. >> Just anywhere you see a hole, plug it. >> Okay. Can you lean her up just a little bit more? >> Mary fights for her life as officers focus on identifying her attacker, but they soon learn there's a shocking tie between them, one that centered around Mary's granddaughter, Alyssa. Alyssa's friends arrive and tell an officer that someone has been stalking and threatening her. >> Listen, listen, listen. Listen. All right. It's okay. All right, we're working something right now. Okay? Take a deep breath for >> What happened? >> Um You talk with that officer, but there was an individual had showed up here. Um >> I knew it. >> It's >> It's her ex-boyfriend. >> Oh my god, he told her he told her he was going to kill her and her family. Jesus Christ. >> The police don't know his name. That's all we know. >> What does he look like? >> That I don't know. >> She won't She's too scared. >> Okay. Frank. What's this guy's name? >> Officers learn that the man they're looking for is 24-year-old Angelo Terrell Spencer. As the detective arrives at the scene, Alyssa reveals the chain of events that began this afternoon. She says she was alone in her bedroom when Angelo suddenly barged in. Within moments, the day took a horrifying turn. >> As he's leaving, I guess grandma somehow was talked to him in the in the doorway and grandma got stabbed. He was um like oral sex and oral >> So, when that's her ex-boyfriend? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Do you >> That's how this That's the That's the connection. >> Alyssa's taken away for a sexual assault forensic exam while her grandmother, Mary, is treated at a local hospital. Meanwhile, officers canvas the neighborhood and review doorbell camera footage from homes along Mary's street as they attempt to track down their suspect Angelo. >> Does he look pretty big? >> He's supposed to be a big boy. He looks like he's a big boy. >> I would say he's bigger than me cuz he was walking by the mailbox. It's >> Yeah. >> Suspect is 6'5" 300 lbs, but that's >> That's a big guy. >> That's him. >> According to police records, an officer finds Angelo's home address, which is only a few miles away from where the attack on Mary took place. Officers approach the residence, but Angelo's mother says he isn't there. >> What's going on? What's What's the last time you talked to him? >> This morning when he left. >> This morning when he left? >> his daughter to school. >> He's actually a possible suspect in a stabbing. Okay. >> I need to speak to him. Can you come in? >> Yeah. >> Angelo's mother tells the officers that he isn't answering her phone calls and he's likely driving his current girlfriend's car. >> Okay. What's her last >> I don't know what her last name is. >> You have a phone number? >> This is not him. This is not Angelo. >> And I understand. >> He's been doing really good. He's He's not a bad kid. >> Give me 1 second, okay? I'll be right back. >> An officer returns to his patrol car to call Angelo's current girlfriend Christie in hopes to get a lead on his whereabouts, but the conversation is interrupted when they realize Angelo may be closer than they thought. >> And you said the last time you spoke to Angelo was what time? >> Um I don't know the exact time. >> But it was like early this morning? >> Yes. >> Does um Angelo have your car now? >> Um no, I currently do. >> I just drove from the apartment. Let me see your hands. >> [ __ ] you, man. >> Turn around, put your hands behind your back. NO! PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> How do you tell her I love her, please? Please. Please don't let her know that I'm on the way there. >> Hey, MA! MA! MA! MOMMY! MA! MA! MA! MA! >> PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE DON'T TALK INSIDE. DON'T TALK TO TALA LO. That's all I got. Ma! >> As Angelo is apprehended, officers see his girlfriend Kristie, who arrived at the apartment complex with Angelo just moments ago. >> Are you Kristie? >> Yes, I am. >> I was legit just on the phone talking to you. You just told me you didn't want to speak to >> I hadn't spoken to him. He had just given up work to go and get started. >> Okay. I don't appreciate being lied to. >> Just turn around, Kristie. >> You're just being detained. >> Okay. >> Is this your child in the car? >> That's his child. >> Angelo and his girlfriend Kristie are brought to the station, and detectives first approach Kristie to inform her about the chilling allegations against Angelo. >> You were in the car with somebody who just committed a crime. And then you were stopped. You were apparently with him in the car. I wasn't there. We're just going to have you go to the back so we're going to see if there's any type of blood or anything on your clothing. >> Okay. >> This officer is going to search you. >> Yeah. >> And then we're probably going to have a little conversation, okay? >> The detective questions Kristie about when she first saw Angelo that afternoon. She says Angelo picked her up from her job at a middle school around 2:45 p.m. According to court documents, this was minutes after police arrived at the scene of Mary's stabbing. The pair stopped at Safeway before picking up Angelo's daughter from daycare. Kristie says nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and the detective ultimately decides she's free to go. With Angelo in custody, the detective turns to him for answers about the gruesome attack on Mary and whether he's willing to offer the truth. Meanwhile, her survival could determine his fate. >> Relax, ma'am. Put your hands You can You just relax. Take a breath. >> Am I totally okay? >> Yes. You're going to be safe. >> Angelo, I'm just going to I'm just going to give you the floor. Let you start, man. >> I'm going away for life. So >> Tell me Tell me Tell me what happened today. >> I've been in a bad place. >> All right. What's going on here? >> I got laid off. I got no source of income. I got custody of my daughter. I haven't felt happiness in a long time. The one The one person that made me feel happy doesn't want to be with me anymore. >> Angelo tells the detective that earlier that day he began texting his ex-girlfriend Alyssa multiple times and asked to meet, but she told him she didn't want to see him, which made Angelo upset. >> She tells you no. Okay. >> But she does it kind of like it, so she'll repeatedly do it. Today I went past Grandpa wasn't home. >> Okay. >> Grandma called as I was in the driveway. >> I'm a very smart guy. I pay attention to everything. >> Yeah. >> He didn't probably call ring doorbell camera to say you caught me four times walking past. So I went there y'all before I went. Tried to get through the back door. Couldn't. >> Angelo says he tried getting Alyssa's attention near the rear basement door of her grandparents' house. When he was unsuccessful, he drove to Home Depot where he bought a glass cutter, a pocket knife, and a pair of gloves. Angelo returned to the house and cut a hole in the basement door, but when he realized it was locked with a deadbolt, he walked towards the front and texted Alyssa to let her know he was outside. >> She told me exactly where Grandma was at. >> Okay. >> She She told me there was no way I was getting in. I started getting frustrated, mad. I told myself I was going to see her one way or another. I know grandma. I was shaking while talking to her. Dude. >> Angelo admits that he grew angrier and decided he would make a bold move and ring the doorbell. That's when Alyssa's grandmother answered the door. >> Grandma answered the door, what happened? I made a bluff. >> Yeah. >> So I told her I was looking for somebody named John. She came to the door and said, "I don't think I know a John." Pushed the So I pushed the She started to kick back and the dog came. I got so scared, man. I didn't know what to do. So I just grabbed the knife and I dove on her body. I stabbed her shoulder. >> Okay. >> I thought that would be enough. She started screaming. I got scared. I just kept going. >> So we went upstairs to see what happened. >> Opened the door. >> Mhm. >> The dog was in there. >> Okay. >> The second door. So when I opened the door he ran for the door. I shut the door. Okay. I couldn't go anywhere. You know. Grabbed it. I made I held the knife to her neck. I just kissed the side of her cheek. I said I was sorry. >> Anything else happen? >> No. No. >> Originally we heard something about her taking her pants off or you telling her to take her pants off? Did anything like that happen? >> No. I wanted her to >> Okay. >> She started and I got too nervous. >> All right. >> So like I knew it was going to be cool. >> You knew what? >> I knew it was going to be cool. >> Did you stab her at all? >> I just pushed her first. And it was like, "Okay. Maybe I can just all right, get upstairs see her." By then she was talking about policing. Just What the hell do I do? >> Angelo also asked a critical question about his ex-girlfriend's grandmother, unaware that the answer could change multiple lives forever. >> What's your question? Unfortunately, no. She passed away. >> So that's my >> Yeah. >> Is that life? >> It's not up to me. That's why we have court system. >> I'm not going to make it. >> What do you mean by that? >> I It's a lot of stories about like new people coming to jail and not making >> According to court documents, 24-year-old Angelo Spencer pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of 73-year-old Mary. 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