Tameka Lawand Barham, 42, was found dead from gunshot wounds on Friday, January 18, 2019, on her property in Federalsburg, Maryland. Family members discovered her body in a shed on the 400-block of Brown Road after she failed to report to her job at The Chesapeake Center in Easton. Emergency medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene after the Federalsburg Police Department responded to a welfare call shortly after 3:30 p.m.

Because of the circumstances, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit took the lead and an extensive search of the area was conducted; the suspect was not immediately located. A few days later, on a Tuesday afternoon, 49-year-old Stanley E. Ricketts Jr. of Cambridge turned himself in to Federalsburg police and was charged with first- and second-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault. He was ordered held without bond following an initial appearance before a Caroline County Commissioner.

If anyone knew Tameka or has information about what happened on the Brown Road property, please share what you know.