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[quote=Anonymous]50 years ago on August 31, 1964, a young 18 year old white woman by the name of Edith Anita Welch-Williams was driving home from the movies and was run off the road by an upstanding member of Scotland Community.  The man (Shorty Baker) dragged her from the car and al she had time to grab was her white bible that she always kept on on her passenger seat.  He killed her and threw her body in a hog pen behind one of the shacks in Scotland Community.  What was left of her body was discovered in late September.  The guy went on to try to abduct another woman in Poolesville--but was unsuccessful.  He was charged for that crime, but for some reason no connection was ever made to Edith's case.  Unfortunately the Montgomery County Police never pursued the case.  The case was finally solved in 2007 when a member of the community offered to tell what they knew in trade for  lenient treatment for something they had done.  Unfortunately, "Shorty Baker" was already dead... The newspapers and the liberal community ignored this case because of the racial situation in the county and state at the time.  However, shortly after Edith's death, the county and state moved buy up most of Scotland Community and turn the land into park land.  The remaining members of the community, many of whom were living in cardboard shacks with no running water, electricity or trash service, were moved to public housing that was built on the remaining 10 acres.  The people were given the chance to  either buy or rent the townhomes...  [/quote]

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