Agent Davis Martinez was murdered while conducting a home visit on a convicted sex offender in the 2800 block of Terrace Drive in Chevy Chase.
Officers from the Montgomery County Police Department went to check on Agent Martinez after he failed to return to his office. The officers discovered his body at the offender’s apartment suffering multiple injuries.
The subject had fled the scene but was arrested in Hurricane, West Virginia, the following day by members of a United States Marshals Service task force.
Agent Martinez had served with the Maryland Division of Parole and Probation for six years and was assigned to the Silver Spring Field Office.
Fundraiser started to help family of Maryland parole agent killed
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — The heartbroken family of a Maryland parole and probation officer found dead in Chevy Chase last week is asking for the community’s help. An online fundraiser for Davis Martinez’s family was started Wednesday, with the goal of raising $15,000.
Union leaders demand firings following killing of parole agent
Frustration surfaces over what AFSCME officials said are ignored safety concerns
Union leaders representing state parole and probation agents are calling for the immediate firing of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Carolyn J. Scruggs and two others following the line-of-duty death of an agent last week.