On July 18, 2025, Brandon Ross Holbrook, 49, of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, received a life sentence without parole in Calvert County Circuit Court for the murder and dismemberment of Washington, D.C., photographer Joseph Shymanski. Judge Mark S. Chandlee imposed the maximum penalty under Maryland law following Holbrook’s conviction on April 9, 2025, after an eight-day trial. […]