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Report: Prosecutors Say Sex Video Shows Phylicia Barnes, Accused Murderer

Lawyers say the 16-year-old honor student was shown "intoxicated" in a video with her accused killer, according to news reports.

 

Prosecutors in the case against the accused killer of Phylicia Barnes will show a video at trial depicting the teenage victim “intoxicated and engaging in sexual relations” with her accused killer and others, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Barnes, a 16-year-old from North Carolina, went missing from Baltimore, near Pikesville, three days after Christmas 2010, while she was in Baltimore visiting her half-sister. Barnes’s body was found in the Susquehanna River in April 2011.

The search for Barnes spread out across Maryland, reaching Howard County in the spring of 2011. 

During a Maryland State Police-led search of the Patapsco Valley State Park on April 9, police did not find Barnes, but they did find a body, later identified as John H. Hagegeorge, 55, of Catonsville.

Hagegeorge died from natural causes and exposure, according to police.

Less than two weeks later, workers on the Conowingo Dam reported to police that they thought they saw a body in the Susquehanna River. The Natural Resources Police were able to recover the body, later identified as Barnes. The State Medical Examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide.

Barnes’s half-sister’s boyfriend, Michael Maurice Johnson, 28, faces first-degree murder charges in Barnes’s death. His trial is scheduled to begin in late January.

Prosecutors say Johnson suffocated Barnes, and then moved her body in a 35-gallon plastic tub, the Sun reported. 

Related Topics: Baltimore, Murder, Sex, and Video

Cheryl Parks-Weidley

8:12 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013

That poor young girl. It's heart breaking.

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Jackie

4:44 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013

Her half sister needs to serve some time as well for letting this happen. Sometimes the reasons for not knowing your family are legitimate.

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Mrswawa28

6:53 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

I so agree with you, maybe there was some jealousy because she was such a beautiful young lady with such a bright future. Sometimes it's best to stay to yourself and keep away from negative people (including family) even when you may feel guilty.

Mrswawa28

6:52 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

I remember someone posted a year ago that they knew her sister and that so many things go on in her home. This is taking a while but things come out to light at some point. It is sad to hear about someone this way. I feel the 1/2 sister knew and is trying to protect herself. She should be charged in some way herself.

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