WOODLAWN, Md. — Described as a very active man at 81 years old, neighbors say Jaward Hannah was always busy working on his house, his classic car and even their properties if they needed the help, and then his life was cut short.
“My daughter told me, ‘Dad, there’s like a lot of police cars outside’ and somebody at the door, and that’s when we found out,” a neighbor told us who did not want to be identified by name with a killer on the loose, “We were told he was like handcuffed. You know what I’m saying? I mean it’s a sad day. He doesn’t trouble nobody."
The neighbor, who asked us not to publicize his real name with a killer on the loose, says he last saw Hannah a few days before police discovered his body in the garage of his home on Kellox Road in Gwynn Oak.
“On Friday, our officers responded to this residence in reference to an unresponsive person,” said Joy Stewart of the Baltimore County Police Department, “When they arrived, that’s when they located 81-year-old Mr. Hannah inside the residence.”
Police will only say Hannah suffered trauma to his upper body, citing the ongoing investigation, but there is concern by those who knew him over how he was murdered.
“I don’t know if he didn’t suffer, but according to what I heard happened to him, it must be painful,” said the victim’s neighbor, “I didn’t want to think about it, but it’s wrong and nobody deserves that. You know what I’m saying? Whether you’re old or young or whatever, nobody deserves that.”
If you have any information, which could help police, you can call 410-307-2020.
