Who were Tia Bynum and Robert Vicosa? Get the most up-to-date information about Vicosa’s daughters’ kidnapping case and their death news right here.
The four-day manhunt for ex-Baltimore Country Police officer Robert Vicosa, a sergeant with the department, and his two kidnapped children ended in tragedy Thursday, according to WJZ, with both girls dead in western Maryland.
Sources with firsthand knowledge of the investigation informed that Robert Vicosa, his 6- and 7-year-old daughters Asminah and Gianna, and Sgt. Tia Bynum was found dead of gunshot wounds inside a sport-utility vehicle near Smithsburg following a brief chase into Western Maryland.
Developing: huge presence of law enforcement in Ringgold MD focused on a crashed car. Sources say authorities had been tracking fmr Baltimore Co cop Robert Vicosa, current cop Tia Bynum through Washington Co.
Vicosa took his two children from PA
Awaiting details pic.twitter.com/mRvARizHpW— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) November 18, 2021
Who Were Tia Bynum And Robert Vicosa?
Tia Bynum and Robert Vicosa were police officers.
Tia Bynum served in the Criminal Investigations Bureau of the department, which is a specialist team that investigates the most serious offenses.
On the other hand, Robert Vicos worked as a sergeant in the Catonsville precinct until he was demoted and fired three months ago due to several administrative offenses.
According to officials, the two were said to be in a relationship.
Vocosa and Bynum were deemed armed and dangerous by the police. According to court filings, they reportedly kept the estranged wife hostage over the weekend, tied her up, and forced her to ingest a crushed painkiller pill, smoke pot, and handle guns.
Police: Robert Vicosa kidnapped a man in Cockeysville and drove him to “various locations over several hours”.
Vicosa and Tia Bynum linked to multiple crimes in PA and now MD over past week.
Vicosa former cop. Bynum current cop. https://t.co/otLXl06jiV— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) November 18, 2021
Tia Bynum And Robert Vicosa Daughters Abduction And Death
Vicosa, 41, was wanted in Pennsylvania on a felony warrant for armed carjacking. Bynum, 36, was wanted on a charge of wrongful imprisonment. On Thursday morning, police chiefs from Maryland and Pennsylvania urged them to drop the girls off at a secure place before anybody else was hurt.
Visa’s two young children, Gianna, 7, and Aaminah, 6, were taken from his house in Windsor Township on Monday.
Likewise, Vicosa kidnapped a guy in Cockeysville on Wednesday afternoon and demanded that he drive them about before unharmed releasing him.
When the cops arrived, they discovered that all four persons inside had been shot. Three of them died at the spot, and one of them, a girl, was taken to a Hagerstown hospital, but she also died.
(9:33 a.m.) Robert Vicosa committed the kidnapping that occurred in the Cockeysville area. He was armed w/ a semi-automatic handgun and accompanied by Tia Bynum & 2 young girls. Vicosa & Bynum are wanted and considered armed & danger . The safety of the children is a priority. pic.twitter.com/47FonN8Sl9
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) November 18, 2021