An elementary school teacher went for a walk. She never came home.
Mariame Toure Sylla strolled around Schrom Hills Park in Greenbelt on a warm Saturday evening two years ago, her local spot for walking and praying.
A friend called the police the next day after she hadn't heard from Sylla and let officers into Sylla's apartment, an officer testified in Prince George's County Circuit Court on Tuesday, where Harold Francis Landon is on trial for murder.
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