A Curtis Bay man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended for the 2025 murder of his wife, whose body was discovered beneath tires in a Brooklyn Park alley.
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Christine Celeste imposed the sentence Sept. 15 on Cedric Dion Callaway, 51, for the killing of 44-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Bundy, according to the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office. Callaway pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Aug. 13, during the fourth day of his jury trial.
The Southern Maryland Chronicle previously reported that Callaway entered the guilty plea after prosecutors had presented several days of evidence during the trial. Celeste scheduled sentencing for Sept. 15 following the plea.
“This was a brutal, calculated act of domestic violence, and while no sentence can undo the devastating loss of Sarah Bundy, today’s prison term ensures Cedric Callaway is held accountable for his heinous actions,” State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said. “Our hearts remain with Ms. Bundy’s loved ones as they continue to grieve.”
The investigation began shortly after 9 a.m. May 23, 2025, when Anne Arundel County police and fire personnel were called to the area of Alley 79 and Disney Road in Brooklyn Park after a deceased woman was found in the alley.
Police initially said the woman had apparent trauma to her body and had not yet been identified. Investigators later identified her as Bundy and announced that detectives had obtained an arrest warrant charging her husband with her murder.
According to prosecutors, Bundy had suffered significant injuries to her head, face and neck. Her body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy. Investigators also determined that tires had been placed over her body in what prosecutors described as an apparent attempt at concealment.
Detectives began reviewing surveillance video from around the neighborhood. Footage from near the alley showed a woman matching Bundy walking during the early morning hours with a man dressed in dark clothing and a black hooded sweatshirt. Prosecutors said the man guided her toward the alley where her body was later discovered.
While police were still processing the crime scene, a Baltimore Police Department officer contacted Anne Arundel County investigators about Callaway, who was in custody in Baltimore on an unrelated matter.
Callaway told police that he and Bundy had been robbed the previous night and that he had been struck with a handgun. He said Bundy was missing, according to prosecutors. Investigators said they did not observe injuries consistent with Callaway’s claim that he had been pistol-whipped, but reported seeing apparent blood stains on his hands and beneath his fingernails.
Detectives also concluded that Callaway resembled the man seen with Bundy in the surveillance footage.
Callaway was transported to the Anne Arundel County Police Criminal Investigations Division for questioning. Prosecutors said that after arriving, Callaway made unsolicited comments about going to prison and killing himself if he were charged with murder. Detectives had not yet told him that Bundy was dead, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Additional surveillance footage helped investigators reconstruct the hours before Bundy’s death.
Video from a laundromat at 716 Church Street showed Callaway and Bundy together until about 12:15 a.m. May 23, prosecutors said. The couple then left the laundromat and walked toward Sixth Street.
At about 1:30 a.m., Callaway was recorded returning to the laundromat alone from the direction of Alley 79. He was carrying a jacket and a crossbody bag. Prosecutors said Bundy had been seen wearing the same bag earlier in the surveillance footage. The recording also showed Callaway throwing the jacket into a trash can outside the laundromat.
A Maryland Judiciary filing report shows Callaway was indicted in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on June 20, 2025, on a first-degree murder charge.
Under Maryland law, first-degree murder includes a deliberate, premeditated and willful killing. A person convicted of first-degree murder must receive either life imprisonment or, when additional statutory requirements are satisfied, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Callaway received a life sentence with all but 40 years suspended, meaning the executed portion of the sentence is 40 years. The State’s Attorney’s Office did not specify in its announcement whether additional probation conditions were imposed as part of the suspended portion of the sentence.
Assistant State’s Attorney Katherine D. Anthony prosecuted the case. The Anne Arundel County Police Department Homicide Unit led the investigation.
