1Greenbelt, MD – Harold Francis Landon III received a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of Mariame Toure Sylla. A jury convicted Landon, 34, of first-degree murder for Sylla’s death on July 29, 2023.

Judge Carol Coderre delivered the sentence on Friday in the 7th Judicial Circuit Court.

Sylla, 59, was attacked during a walk near her home in Schrom Hills Park. Her torso was discovered days later in a pond in Clinton, approximately 20 miles from Greenbelt.

Search efforts were launched by the community when she did not return home.

Evidence presented at trial included Sylla’s DNA found on Landon’s boots along with her clothing in his truck.

Landon’s cellphone was also traced to the area where Sylla vanished.

Surveillance footage appeared to show a body in a

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