Week in Review: March 21-27

This week, Montgomery County prosecutors 28, the Lululemon employee accused of killing her 30-year-old co-worker, Jayna Murray, March 11.

Norwood was initially thought to be the surviving victim of an attack by two masked men at the downtown Bethesda store during which both women were sexually assaulted and Murray was killed. But Norwood was in Murray’s death.

Monday, Norwood appeared before a Montgomery County District Court judge for a bond review hearing, and county State’s Attorney  John McCarthy detailed what he called Norwood’s “pathological lies” and her attempts to stage the crime scene to make it appear as though an attack had taken place.

Norwood, he said, wore a pair of size 14 shoes that belonged to the store and walked around in Murray’s blood to make it appear as though an intruder had been at the store. She then washed the blood off and placed the shoes back on the shelf, he said. He also said Murray’s pants were cut to make it appear as though she were sexually assaulted. Norwood, he said, injured herself and tied her hands with her teeth.

Murray’s injuries, McCarthy said, were “catastrophic,” and the blows to her head “too numerous to count.”

At the hearing, we also learned of a potential motive for the murder – Murray, McCarthy said, had reported suspicions that Norwood may have been stealing to store management and uncovered stolen property in Norwood’s bag.

Norwood was ordered held without bond.

Patch that detailed more information about the state’s version of events, and reported that Norwood had been a soccer star when she attended college at Stony Brook University in Long Island. We looked into reports that Norwood had been transferred from the Georgetown Lululemon store to the Bethesda store because of suspicions that she was stealing, though a spokesman for Lululemon

We also reported on the in the wake of the homicide, talked to an expert to explain and reported that businesses and individuals may over $1,000 to the Bethesda Avenue Reward Fund now that the reward won’t be paid out.

Norwood is due for a preliminary hearing April 15. Stay tuned to Patch for updates in the case.