COLUMBIA, Md. — A Columbia man faces charges in the shooting death of his fiancee's father.
On February 8 Perry Comeau was discovered dead inside his home on Half Dollar Court.
He'd been shot multiple times.
Detectives learned Comeau, 67, had an earlier argument with his daughter's longtime boyfriend, Corey Conaway, 41.
Conaway showed up as investigators were combing through crime scene. He was taken into custody on an active warrant out of Anne Arundel County.
Family and neighbors told police Conaway previously threatened to break into Comeau's house, even describing how he would do it through the basement door.
On the night of the murder, the basement security sensor went off twice in a three minute span, indicating someone had come and gone.
Area license plate readers twice captured Conaway's car heading to and from the direction of Comeau's house the night he was killed.
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In the past family and friends recalled Conaway firing a gun outside Comeau's home, apparently to see how long it would take for police to respond.
Friends who spoke with Comeau before his death, described him as being "terrified" of Conaway.
"He's going to shoot me, but that's ok because I'll meet Joanie," one friend recalled Comeau telling them.
According to police, Joanie is Comeau's late wife.
Comeau also phoned his son warning him "that if something were to happen, he would know who did it."
Police later searched Conaway's home on Windbeat Way, where he lived with Comeau's daughter.
On the property officers recovered two spent 9mm cartridge casings from a trash bag.
The casings matched those found at the murder scene.
They also matched a February 2023 shooting in Laurel, for which Conaway was the suspect.
In that case Conaway allegedly threatened a co-worker with a gun, then shot up their car outside their house.
Due to his criminal history, Conaway is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
He's currently being held without bond at the Howard County Detention Center.
