ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) — A Curtis Bay man plead guilty on Thursday to first-degree murder in the May 2025 Brooklyn Park killing of his wife, said the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Cedric Dion Callaway, 51, of Curtis Bay, plead guilty to the murder of his wife, 44-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Bundy.
The guilty plea came on day four of a jury trial.
“The defendant’s surprise plea was certainly a recognition that things were not going his way during trial. This was a cold-blooded, heinous crime where the defendant killed his wife and mother of his child, then left her under a pile of tires in an alley. I am grateful that we were able to get justice for Ms. Bundy. I want to commend ASA Anthony on her strong prosecution at trial that led the defendant to plead guilty.” said State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on May 23, 2025, Anne Arundel County Police responded to the intersection of Alley 79 and Disney Avenue in Brooklyn Park for the report of a dead woman found in the alley, covered with tires in an apparent attempt to hide her body.
Investigators later identified the woman as 44-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Bundy.
Officers observed what appeared to be significant trauma to Bundy’s head, face, and neck areas. Her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Baltimore for an autopsy.
Investigators on scene obtained surveillance video from where Bundy’s body was found, and in the early morning hours of May 23, 2025, footage showed Bundy with a black male, wearing dark clothing and a black hooded sweatshirt, who guided her towards that alley.
Investigators deemed that man a person of interest in the homicide investigation.
As the investigation was ongoing, a Baltimore police officer contacted detectives saying they had Callaway in custody for an unrelated matter. Callaway claimed he and his wife had been robbed in the area of the homicide the previous night.
Callaway told police he had been pistol-whipped, and that his wife was still missing.
Investigators determined Callaway matched the male subject seen in the surveillance footage.
Callaway had no injuries consistent with being pistol-whipped, however, detectives observed what appeared to be blood stains on his hands and under his fingernails.
Callaway was then transported to the Anne Arundel County Police Criminal Investigations Division office building to be interviewed.
When arriving at the CID building, Callaway made an unsolicited remark that he was going to “prison” and that he would kill himself if he was being charged with murder.
At that point, detectives had not yet informed him that Bundy was dead.
Callaway’s sentencing is scheduled for September 15.
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