Two Found Dead, One Injured In Stabbings on Quiet Street

A 911 call from a house in an ordinarily quiet neighborhood in Prince George's County led police yesterday to two men who had been fatally stabbed and a woman who was seriously wounded.

The slain men were found in different parts of the house in Upper Marlboro, their hands bound and their throats slit, according to two law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Authorities said one of the men was the father of the wounded woman, and the other was either her boyfriend or husband. Police identified the men as LePrince Hall, 41, and Maurice Fountain, 24.

The woman called police just before 12:15 p.m. Officers arrived at the home, in the 11000 block of Snow Court, and found her alive but seriously injured, police said. She was taken to a hospital.

The assailant remained at large last night.

Investigators think the assailant knew one or all of the victims, said Maj. Andy Ellis, a county police spokesman.

The stabbings occurred in a large two-story home on a corner lot in the community of Rosaryville. Aside from an occasional burglary, neighbors said they could recall no serious crimes.

"This is a nice neighborhood," said LaTroy Askew. "This is the first time anything like this has happened around here."

Neighbors said one resident of the home owns a towing company, another is a nurse and the third is a student at Prince George's Community College.

Police described the suspect as a black man in his late 30s or early 40s with a dark complexion and cornrows and weighing about 200 pounds. Investigators think that he left the scene in a black 2003 Cadillac Escalade, with the Maryland license plate 607M880, Ellis said. The vehicle might have had white paint splatters near one of the wheel wells.