Overview
- A Baltimore jury found Reginald Lively guilty of first-degree murder and a weapons offense in the 2021 killing of John Hall III, with Judge Sylvester B. Cox Jr. imposing life without parole.
- Investigators cited building video that showed Lively carrying a bag with a reddish-stained object, clothing recovered from his apartment that matched the footage, and DNA placing him in the victim’s home.
- Lively previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Maryland in 1986 and in North Carolina in 2000, serving about eight and twelve years respectively before parole in each case.
- The medical examiner reported at least 17 blunt-force injuries and 88 sharp-force injuries to Hall, whose body was discovered in his Northwest Baltimore apartment.
- State’s Attorney Ivan Bates praised the Cold Case Unit’s renewed testing and review, and officials said the unit has closed three cases since its launch while examining about 50 more.