MARYLAND
Christian Post
Police Building Criminal Case Against Bishop Heather Cook for Fatal Hit-And-Run; Church Says Her Fate Is Out of Their Hands
BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CP REPORTER
The Baltimore Police Department confirmed Monday that it’s building a criminal case against Bishop Heather Cook, 58, the second-highest ranking official of the Episcopal Church of Maryland, after she crashed into a married father of two as he cycled along a local roadway then fled the scene as he lay dying two Saturdays ago.
Clergy from the church are expected to meet about Cook’s troubles on Tuesday, but say her fate is now out of their hands as police suggested the case could be headed for a trial.
“It’s still under investigation. As it occurs at this point it’s still being investigated as a criminal incident,” Detective Ruganzu Howard of the Baltimore Police Department told The Christian Post Monday about the incident that claimed the life of Thomas Palermo, 41.
According to The Baltimore Sun, the doting dad was a senior Johns Hopkins Hospital software engineer and a master bike frame builder who lived in the Baltimore County community of Anneslie with his wife and children.
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