In spring 2016 a northwest Baltimore home invasion ended in the death of 90-year-old Mary Helen Dickens-Hines. Police say someone forced entry, reportedly through a back door, and found Dickens-Hines beaten, tied up and unresponsive on May 4. She was taken to hospital and died on May 24, 2016; the state medical examiner ruled her death a homicide from multiple blunt force injuries on August 10, 2016.

Family members Linda and Margie Jackson publicly appealed for help, and neighbors described Dickens-Hines as a kind, quiet woman. Baltimore police investigated the case but by the end of 2016 no arrests had been announced and the person or persons responsible remained unidentified.

If anyone knew Mary Helen Dickens-Hines, lived near her, or has information about the break-in or anyone seen near her home in northwest Baltimore that spring, please come forward with what you know.