Left inset: Footage apparently showing Karl Geiger dragging out a bloody mattress from his home after his ex-wife’s murder (WBAL/YouTube). Right inset: Patricia Watson-Geiger (Mitchell– Wiedefeld Funeral Home). Background: The Maryland home where Karl Geiger dealt with Patricia Watson-Geiger prior to allegedly eliminating her (WBAL/YouTube).
A Maryland male implicated of assassinating his ex-wife was obviously captured on video transporting a bloody bed mattress out of his home by a local news team soon after informing a reporter that he had come home to locate the female dead.
Karl Geiger, 65, supposedly told regional NBC affiliate WBAL on Sept. 15 that he left the Baltimore Region home he still shared with his previous better half , Patricia Watson-Geiger, 69, at around 7 a.m. that morning and didn’t return till around 8: 30 p.m., per the outlet. The pair separated in 2019 however selected to stay housemates, WBAL records.
Geiger informed the outlet he went into the house and discovered Watson-Geiger dead in her bedroom and immediately called 911
After speaking to WBAL, he was presumably caught on video camera throwing away a blood-stained cushion.
“It looks like someone broke into my home and my spouse’s not moving,” Geiger informed a 911 dispatcher that night, according to a possible cause declaration for his arrest.” [Geiger] described his house to look ransacked, and defined his better half (ex-wife) to be less competent,” the declaration claims.
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When authorities arrived, they found Watson-Geiger with “blankets and sheets over her” and she was wearing a “resting mask over her eyes,” according to cops. Countless dresser cabinets were said to have been open in her space and a level screen tv had been put on the flooring. Watson-Geiger’s jewelry box was also open with the cabinets took out on top of her dresser, however it was still full of both gold and silver fashion jewelry.
Geiger, that oversleeped a different bedroom, additionally had “numerous of his cabinet cabinets” opened up and items took out, according to the potential cause statement, but polices state nothing was taken. “The victim’s handbag was located on the kitchen counter with the components of the purse disposed out,” the declaration declares. “Countless credit/debit cards and coins were observed on the counter.”
Geiger was questioned regarding what occurred and he asserted to have located Watson-Geiger in the “exact same placement” in her bed as she was when he left that morning. He informed polices that he “had no concept that she had actually been shot” until investigatives informed him during the meeting.
“Many good friends and next-door neighbors were spoken with throughout the initial phases of this examination,” the possible reason declaration claims. “One witness advised that they got back from job sometime between 8: 00 a.m.- 8: 30 a.m. and was walking their pet dog in the driveway when they listened to 1 – 2 gunshots.”
One more witness informed authorities that they supposedly discovered the target was killed on Sept. 16, while they were out of town and quickly called Geiger to learn what happened. Geiger apparently stated Watson-Geiger had actually been shot in the head.
“At no factor during this investigation did any individual tell the accused where the target was fired,” the possible reason declaration declares. “As a matter of fact, on 9/ 22/ 25, throughout an adhere to up meeting with the defendant at his house, he told detectives that he still didn’t recognize where the target was fired.”
Security video from a nearby residence allegedly captured audio of a gunfire being heard at around 7: 58 a.m.; Geiger’s big “rollback tow truck” that he drives was captured on video clip leaving the previous pair’s house at around 8: 15 a.m., about 45 mins after he declared to have actually left, per police officers. Mobile phone documents additionally presumably “conflict” Geiger’s cases and reveal that he was “clearly home till 8: 15 a.m.,” according to police.
“The criminal activity scene has the look of a staged robbery with no items being identified by the accused as being taken,” the probable cause statement concludes.
Court records reveal Geiger was apprehended on Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder for the supposed slaying. He was being held Thursday without bond.