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An
18-year-old man has been charged with raping and murdering a homeless mother
before allegedly sexually assaulting her corpse.
Police
said James Arthur House was arrested in Baltimore on Monday when he allegedly
confessed to slaying and raping 35-year-old Jessica Gibson.
The
mother-of-four's body was found dumped behind large pallets on a downtown
Baltimore access road last Wednesday.
Police
say she had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Investigators
do not yet have a motive for the crime, but they say House and the victim were
known to each other. Their exact relationship is not yet clear.
Surveillance
footage from around the area showed House and Gibson interacting before the
attack took place.
After
the victim's body was found, police released surveillance video of House inside
a convenience store saying they believed he was the last person to see Gibson
alive.
The
teenager called 911 to hand himself in after spotting the footage of him on
social media.
House
was charged with murder, rape, perverted practice, reckless endangerment and
sex offenses.
Some of
the sex acts House is charged with were allegedly carried out on Gibson's dead
body.
'His
confession was complete. Very sad,' Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin
Davis said. 'Our victim was sexually assaulted in a most brutal way.'
While
Gibson was homeless, police say she did have surviving relatives including her
four young children.
Police
spokesman T.J. Smith said: 'She had some of life's issues going on. Of course,
that doesn't make her any less of a victim.'
Gibson's
relatives have set up a GoFundMe page to help cover the cost
of her funeral.
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