Mother Makes Public Plea for Information in Daughter's Homicide

Theresa Wooden is making a public plea for information about the murder of her 23-year-old daughter Tiona Smith. On November 5, 2005, Tiona left work at a fast-food restaurant on Cranbrook Road in Cockeysville, Maryland, around 10:45 p.m. She boarded an MTA bus headed into Baltimore City. Witnesses recalled seeing Smith in Baltimore getting into a small four-door vehicle at Eutaw and Fayette streets.

At 11 a.m., on November 6, 2005, two children playing basketball in the 6800 block of Fox Meadow Road in Gwynn Oak found Tiona Smith’s body behind a Baltimore County home. She had been fatally stabbed. Nearly 18 years later, it remains unknown why Tiona was in the neighborhood where she was found. Friends and family described her as an easygoing, friendly person who was pleasant. They do not know who would have wanted to harm her.

Tiona’s mother, Theresa Wooden, remains hopeful her daughter's case will be solved with the public’s help. 

Information may be provided through the Baltimore County Police Department iWATCH program or through Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland, an organization that is separate from the Baltimore County Police Department and Baltimore County Government. Tips to Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland can be sent by phone, online or via mobile app.

Metro Crime Stoppers offers rewards of up to $2000 for information that leads to the arrest and charges in connection with felony offenses.

Phone: 1-866-7LOCKUP

Web tip: http://metrocrimestoppers.org/