Marc Taylor St. Aubin, 23, was killed during a home invasion in Silver Spring, Maryland, on the night of March 3, 2014. He was a renter at a Laughlin Lane residence where a group of armed men forced entry; witnesses said the intruders carried baseball bats and knives and were intent on stealing drugs, a safe, and firearms. St. Aubin confronted the assailants and fired his handgun, wounding one intruder, before he was overcome.
Police found St. Aubin’s body in the driveway around 10:30 p.m. An autopsy recorded blunt force trauma and a stab wound; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. A holster was found on his body but the handgun was missing. Witnesses at the scene removed items from the house, including guns, a safe, and suspected marijuana.
A man treated at a local hospital with gunshot wounds was identified as 26-year-old Tavon Miles of Gaithersburg. Ballistics linked a bullet recovered from Miles’ clothing to the same gun, registered to St. Aubin, and to bullets at the scene. Miles was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and armed robbery, later convicted and given life plus additional time for the other counts. Court testimony indicated several others involved in the invasion have not been held to account.
Did anyone in the Silver Spring area see or hear anything that night that could identify other people involved?