Claudia Bismark was a beloved artist who lived in Fells Point for more than 35 years.
She was 76.
On Tuesday she went to breakfast with her husband.
Charging documents say a man sat in the back of the deli and watched her husband pay in cash.
When they left, he went out the back door and followed them.
A few blocks later he came up from behind, knocked them both to the ground, and took a wallet with $150 in it.
Claudia died Thursday.
Her husband, Wade, was left with a concussion and facial injuries.
The man charged is Montray McCray, 32.
Prosecutors cited at least 5 prior convictions, and local reports list:
* Guns
* Drugs
* Theft
* Evading arrest
* Violating a protective order
* Retaliating against a witness
* Court documents also list him as a lifetime registered sex offender.
A lengthy criminal record.
A lifetime sex-offender registration.
And he was still free to walk into a market, pick out 2 victims over breakfast, chase them down and kill one of them.
For $150.
The judge held him without bail this time, and homicide charges are expected.
A woman paid with her life.
For $150.
Her neighbors are the ones who helped identify him.
Meanwhile, I couldn't find a word of national coverage.
Only local Baltimore news has covered it.
Baltimore, the least you owe Claudia is to make sure he never walks free again.