Overview

• Police say 28-year-old Breante Thomas was arrested Thursday in Waldorf after a three-day search led by Prince George’s County’s Fugitive Unit.
• Authorities charged Thomas with first- and second-degree murder and attempted first- and second-degree murder in the Sept. 14 attack.
• Officers found 81-year-old Helen Thomas fatally stabbed during a welfare check at her Fort Washington home, and a male family member was critically injured.
• The second victim remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition and has not been publicly identified by officials.
• Detectives cited help from the Charles and Calvert County sheriff’s offices during the search, and a preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 17.