According to the December 19, 2009 issue of the Baltimore Sun, Early on Oct. 10, 2007, a motorist driving through the park saw the body of Kwame Osafo lying in the street. Osafo's head was covered with duct tape and his face and head were covered with blood.
An autopsy determined Osafo had been shot twice in the head. Detectives with the Baltimore police homicide unit's cold-case squad learned that Osafo had been abducted Oct. 9, 2007. He was taken to an apartment in the 2500 block of Winchester Ave., then to the 3400 block of Winterbourne Road, a narrow, leafy street leading into Leakin Park, where he was shot.
Osafo, from Ghana, did not have a criminal record in Maryland.
Andre Cox, 30, and Gregory Lee, 23 were charged with first-degree murder, assault and handgun charges.
Lee, of the 2900 block of Brighton St. who is also known as Michael Turner, was convicted in December 2005 on burglary charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but three years suspended and the sentence date retroactive to January 2004. Cox, of the 3000 block of Grayson St., was convicted of handgun charges in 2006 and received three years in prison. He was found not guilty of three counts of attempted first-degree murder in 2004.
Both Lee and Cox are guests of the state at the Baltimore City Detention Center.
For those that are interested Kwame Osafo's loved ones have started a Facebook page for his remembrance.
Update 01/21/2011 Andre Cox and Gregory Lee have a jury trial for 1st degree murder of Kwame Osafo set for 02/18/2011
Update 02/28/2011 It looks as if all the charges against Andre Cox and Gregory Lee have been nolle prosequi'd on 2/24/10. Somehow I don't feel any safer. Greg Bernstein, you are doing a terrible terrible job.
Update 07/01/2013 Andre Cox, alleged murderer of Kwame Osafo, was murdered himself on June 27, 2013. Maybe if Mr. Bernstein had bothered to try this case Mr. Cox would still be with us.
Updated 03/11/2014 Gregory Lee, the other alleged murderer of Kwame Osafo, was found murdered himself on March 8, 2014. His body was found decomposed inside a home at 2833 Presbury Street with multiple gunshot wounds. At this point I'm just very sad. Oh, and Greg Bernstein is an idiot.