A man with ties to Harford County was ordered held without bail Monday after the Sheriff's Office arrested him late last week in connection with a nine-year-old double homicide cold case in Edgewood.
Waverly Corey Lewis and Randolph Mendon Goodson were both found shot in the head on Sept. 14, 2006, in the 1300 block of Gold Meadow Way, according to a Sheriff's Office news release, which explained the case went cold because there were no witnesses to the crime and so little information.
Bernard Harris Davis Jr., 27, whose last known address was Martin Road in Havre de Grace, according to the Sheriff's Office, has been charged with the crime.
Davis, who had been incarcerated on unrelated burglary charges, was served with a warrant for the homicides at the Harford County Detention Center on Friday, the Sheriff's Office said.
Davis is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of using a firearm in commission of a felony violent crime, according to online court records, which also list his address in the first block of South Mt. Olivet lane in Baltimore.
At a District Court bail review in Bel Air Monday, Davis seemed very upset about the new charge, noting he "just got locked up for two burglaries."
At one point, Davis, who was seen via closed-circuit TV from the detention center, tried to get up and leave and told District Court Judge Victor Butanis to "get this jail checked, please."
Butanis ordered a competency evaluation at the request of Davis' public defender, Andrew Geraghty. Butanis also ordered Davis to continue to be held without bond.
Davis told the judge he has lived at the Baltimore address a year or two.
"A fresh look into the murders earlier this month sent detectives to revisit the evidence collected and re-interview key people in the case," the Sheriff's Office news release stated. "Through this renewed effort, coupled with new details developed, detectives were able to identify Davis as a suspect."
Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler noted that cold cases are very difficult, but not impossible, to solve.
"If you commit a crime in Harford County, we will find you," Gahler said Monday. "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we will continue to work the case."
Gahler said he did not know if the case has gang ties or not, although he added that gang involvement is always suspected in a "heinous," "execution-style" murder.
According to police reports at the time, the two victims were brothers and were originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. Their bodies were found in a condominium by a relative who had stopped by to visit them.
Davis allegedly confessed to a detective in 2012 that he shot Goodson and Lewis, took some money before leaving and later threw the revolver out the window of his car, according to court charging documents.
Davis said he killed them because "there would be no more bullying, no more instigating and no more harassing," and he implied an unnamed person was with him at the time, according to the charging documents.
On Thursday, a "reliable source" told a detective the source had seen Davis the night of the murders asking how to get to Popeyes, which is near the Woodbridge Commons apartment complex where the murders took place, according to the documents.
The next day, the source reassured Davis he would not tell anyone about seeing him that night, and Davis replied: "Good, you better not," charging documents state.
During the original interview with the detective, Davis allegedly advised he used a 0.22-caliber revolver, which is consistent with the autopsy report, according to the charging documents.
In 2007, a 0.22-caliber revolver was found by a sediment pond near the crime scene and near the site where Davis described throwing the weapon, according to the charging documents. The gun had two spent rounds and seven live rounds in the cylinder.
Soon after the double homicide occurred in 2006, a community meeting was held at Woodbridge Commons because residents were concerned about their own safety.
Police said at the time that the victims were targeted, but it was not clear if the shooter knew them.
The motive was also unknown, although drugs had been suspected.
Police also said at the time that they were investigating if the killings were linked to a drive-by shooting in Havre de Grace three years earlier.
Waverly Lewis, one of the homicide victims, had been initially charged with attempted first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting, although the charges were eventually dropped, according to police and court records.