By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-17 05:01:57 | Updated at 2025-01-21 03:26:29
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A Maryland man walked into a Baltimore police station and made a bombshell claim that he committed a double-homicide a decade ago.
Scott Barnett, 45, entered the Southeast District police station on Sunday and told officers he wanted to confess to two murders he and the mother of his child, Ashlie Barnett, committed in 2014, the Baltimore police announced.
He said he did not remember the victims names, but based on information Barnett provided, homicide detectives were able to piece together their identities as Charles Webster, 46, and Terrill Lehman, 41, both of whom were reported missing in December 2014, the Baltimore Banner reports.
Barnett claimed that he and Ashlie were sharing a home with the victims around November 2014, and said Webster would 'extort money and drugs' from them for living at the home.
One day when Webster and Lehman were high on drugs, Barnett said he and Ashlie stabbed them in the neck and stomach, according to police records obtained by the Banner.
He said they then grabbed a shower curtain and dragged the bodies into the basement, where he and Ashlie were living, and dismembered them with saws.
From there, Barnett claimed he and Ashlie 'double-bagged' the body parts and discarded them in trash cans around the neighborhood.
He said he then cleaned up the home, and threw away the tools and knives with the body parts, which police never recovered.
Scott Barnett, 45, walked into a Baltimore police station on Sunday and said he wanted to confess to two 2014 homicides
Barnett said he did not remember the victims names, but based on information he provided, homicide detectives were able to piece together their identities as Terrill Lehman, 41, and Charles Webster, 46, both of whom were reported missing in December 2014
Barnett said Ashlie has since passed away, and officers were able to confirm that she died of drowning while intoxicated on fentanyl, cocaine and methadone in June 2022.
Following his confession, police went to work trying to identify his victims.
When they then showed him a photo of Lehman, police say he confirmed that it was the woman he killed.
Then, when officers showed him a picture of Webster, Barnett allegedly wrote underneath it, 'I killed him,' the Banner reports.
Barnett, who told officers he has been homeless, has a previous criminal record of assault and theft.
He most recently pleaded guilty in 2023 to second-degree assault in Baltimore County and received a three year suspended sentence.
Barnett was also convicted in 2019 of second-degree assault, receiving a sentence of three years with all but 18 months suspended.
In that case, two people claimed they saw him dragging Ashlie across the ground by her hair as she cried and screamed for help, according to records obtained by the Banner.
Barnett said he and the mother of his child dismembered their bodies and disposed of the parts in trash cans around the neighborhood (pictured)
She was seen bleeding from her nose and lip, but tried to tell officers Scott was not responsible.
Ashlie later testified that she started a fight with Scott after taking his wallet so that she could get drugs.
Jurors were left deadlocked in the case twice, but a judge instructed them to keep deliberating and Scott was eventually convicted.
He is now being held without bond on two counts of murder, and court records indicate he waived his right to an attorney at a bail review.
