After a body was found inside a burning RV Monday morning, police have charged a Glen Burnie man in the homicide.
Homicide detectives identified the body as Dennis Lee Perry Sr., a 57-year-old man who had been living in the RV in the area of the fire. An autopsy revealed his cause of death as blunt force trauma- a homicide.
After sifting through evidence and conducting interviews, police executed several search warrants Tuesday. While searching in the 5700 block of Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, Baltimore County, Md., police found a person of interest.
Jason Butler Nichols, 35, from the 300 block of Columbus Road, Glen Burnie, Md, was charged with first and second-degree murder and first and second-degree arson relating to the murder of Perry.