April 9, 2012 Colonel Jesse Oden Director Francis Chiafari Lt. Colonel Gamell Green Ms.

Sharon Talmadge Re: State v. William Carr Ladies and Gentlemen: On April 6, 2012, after only two and one-half hours of deliberations, a jury con victed the above defendant of first degree felony murder and related offenses, a rising from an incident on June 28, 2011, in which Chong Wan Yim was shot and ki lled during an armed robbery. The victim was a self-employed soda and water delivery driver. On June 28, he ma de a regular stop at Erdman Liquors in the Erdman Shopping Center. Upon exiting the liquor store to return to his truck, he was confronted by the defendant who demanded the victims vest in which he was carrying his money. A struggle ensued, and the defendant shot the victim and ran off with the vest. Mr. Yim died at the scene. Officers and detectives who arrived at the scene were able to locate two eyewitn essesa store clerk and customer at the Rite Aid pharmacy located where the robber y and murder occurred. Subsequent investigation identified the defendant as a su spect, and the two witnesses were able to pick him {Tom a photo array, which alo ng with a fingerprint and palm print found on the door of the victims truck, prov ed to be the major evidence resulting in the conviction.

The detectives, crime technicians, and lab analysts all did an excellent job in investigating this case; preparing for trial; and testifying at the trial, itsel f. Homicide Detective Steven Matchett worked around the clock in the days immedi ately after the incident, identifying the suspect and putting together a solid p hoto array for the eyewitnesses to view. His interviews of the other witnesses w as first-rate, and he performed extremely well on the stand. Mobile crime technician Amanda Pasays work in locating the latent prints on the t ruck door was one of the most important pieces of investigative work in the case . her expertise in locating and lifting suitable latent prints for comparison, w e would have had little evidence to corroborate the somewhat inconsistent testim ony of the eyewitnesses. Latent print Examiner Elizabeth Patti did her usual great job in analyzing, comp aring and evaluating the latent prints to find a match with the known prints of the defendant. Finally, although there was insufficient DNA evidence for analysi s, Ashley Warren and Candra Johnson were excellent and credible witnesses, expla ining to the jury why there was no DNA. In sum, this was truly a collective effort, and without everyones assistance, we may not have been successful in convicting a very dangerous defendant. The verdi ct provides some measure of closure for the victims family who were very apprecia tive of everyones work. Perhaps more importantly, we can be assured that this def endant will never be able to prey on innocent civilians again. You should be pro ud of the work by everyone in the Baltimore Police Department on this case. Very truly yours, Gregg L. Bernstein, States Attorney for Baltimore City Josh Felsen Assistant States Attorney