GERMANTOWN, MD. (THECOUNT) — Lawrence Sakkestad has been identified as the Rockville, Maryland man in custody over the murder of 39-year-old Jennifer Sparks on Monday, according to Thursday reports.
Montgomery County police have identified Sparks on Monday after she was found dead in a Germantown home Monday evening. Officials say Sparks was located deceased inside Sakkestad’s Dunstable Circle home.
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The above mugshot is from a 2016 arrest.
Sparks was pronounced dead in the 20000 block of Dunstable Circle in Germantown, MD.
Authorities say they found her body at the home of Lawrence Edward Sakkestad. They were initially called to the residence to investigate a possible assault involving Sparks.
According to police, Sakkestad, 34, admitted that he was involved in Sparks’ murder after officers discovered her body.
A Facebook belonging to “Lawrence Sakkestad” shows several images identifying himself as “Bubblegum.” Some of the photos depicted what appears to be a collage of images of women and words cut out of magazines.
Police have not disclosed the circumstances surrounding Sparks’ death or the relationship she may have had Sakkestad, reports Patch.
Officials say the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore will conduct an autopsy to determine her cause of death.
Sakkestad has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, court records show. No bond information is available at this time.
Sakkestad is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 4.
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Geo quick facts: Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland. With a population of 90,676 as of 2013 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of Baltimore, and the census-designated place of Columbia – Wikipedia.