Dominique Banks Foster, 43, was found on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2019, after someone reported what looked like a suspicious bundle near a dumpster at the Clarks Lane Garden Apartments in northwest Baltimore. Police discovered human remains stuffed into trash bags inside a shopping cart, left to blend in with the refuse until blood and weight made that impossible. Early in the investigation detectives released images of distinctive tattoos, including one described as a set of lips, to help identify her; relatives later recognized the tattoos and investigators connected the remains to Foster.

Court documents and reporting established a timeline centered on May 10, 2019. A neighbor recalled hearing arguing that night, and surveillance footage showed a figure in a white jacket and hoodie pushing a shopping cart toward the dumpster area with a noticeable limp, then walking back the way they came. Another account placed the cart’s arrival late on May 10 before it sat unnoticed until May 12.

Suspicion focused on Foster’s father, Lawrence Banks, who also used the name Malik Samartaney. Investigators searched his apartment on May 29 and reported finding blood and other items; he was held on weapons charges while the homicide inquiry continued and by July 11, 2019 Baltimore police served him with charging documents accusing him of first-degree murder in Foster’s killing.

If anyone saw the shopping cart or activity near the Clarks Lane dumpster on May 10–12, did anything look out of the ordinary?