Suspect arrested on Florida beach – NBC Chicago

Law enforcement authorities announced an arrest Monday in the “heinous” murder that left a suburban Chicago native dead and her children hiding for hours before calling for help.

According to police, Crimea Malita Baker, 33, a Chicago native living in New Market, Maryland, was found shot to death in a home in Frederick County, Maryland, in late August. Sean Antoine Lange, 34, of Virginia, was also found dead.

Police believe the couple lived with Baker's four children, of whom Lange was the father.

Baker's ex-husband David Phillip Turner, 33, of Miami, Florida, was arrested on a Fort Lauderdale beach Saturday evening, WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, reported.

An investigation revealed that Baker and Lange were shot around overnight on Aug. 25, with at least 42 shots fired “at or into both individuals,” according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

“This was a heinous, targeted double murder – a crime of rage and fury,” said Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, adding that it was the type of crime that “shocks the conscience.”

“Turner must have been so angry for some reason, maybe we'll find out in the future, maybe not,” the sheriff said Monday.

Jenkins said the four children in the home were unharmed and hid inside for hours until they felt safe enough to come out and call for help. One of the children found the bodies after they emerged from hiding.

The children were all 13 years old or younger. Baker, who grew up in Mundelein, Illinois, gave birth to her youngest child earlier this year.

Authorities expressed their condolences to the grieving families and children who lost their parents.

“This was a devastating loss for the family and the community.” “Now three children will grow up without their mother and several children will grow up without a father,” Jenkins said. “Their lives will never be the same, but they are with their family and safe.”

A fundraising page that claimed to raise money to keep Baker's children together said that in the first few weeks after the shooting, the children were “…doing as well as they could under the circumstances.”

“Crimea had a wonderful spark in it. She touched everyone she met with her fun-loving personality and influenced the lives of her children with her can-do attitude,” wrote Jennifer Duncan on the page, who said Baker was a beloved friend. “Of course, Krim’s death affected her life in unimaginable ways.”