John McCarthy

Unfortunately, when it comes to homicides, domestic partner homicides are not rare.

Quite candidly, if you look at the cataloging of homicides over the time that I've been in the office here, I would say that particularly if you're a woman, more than 50 percent of the time, if you're a homicide victim in this county, the person who's responsible for taking your life is your intimate partner.

The town of Chevy Chase has zero homicides and that you probably could count on one hand the number of homicides, maybe over a 10 or 20 year period of time in a town like Chevy Chase.

So as you can imagine, when something like this does become public, it sometimes comes with a lot of panic.

Was he trying to call attention?

Was he trying to create some kind of... You think through these things to determine whether or not in some way does that play into someone trying to cover up, develop a timeline and things like that.

If I could just get your name?

It's a murder case that has stunned many here in Maryland and even grabbed national headlines.

Jaina Murray was laid to rest this weekend after being killed in the yoga store where she worked.