@crimewithdan0: This is Eric Banks Jr., a suspended Baltimore police officer whose 15-year-old stepson was found hidden inside a wall of his home just hours after a judge granted his estranged wife a protective order against him. Banks and his wife Latrice had a deteriorating marriage marked by her claims of stalking, emotional abuse, and threats. She had attempted to obtain a protective order against Banks in late June 2021, but a judge denied it. On the morning of July 6, 2021, the two attended a court hearing at which both were ordered to have no contact without a police officer present. Hours later, Latrice went to pick up her son, 15-year-old Dasan "DJ" Jones, from Banks' home in Curtis Bay. She could not reach him. The only message she received appeared to be from his phone but did not sound like him. She called police for a welfare check. When officers arrived, Banks told them DJ had left the house on his own. Officers searched the neighborhood and found nothing. Banks then consented to a search of the home. Inside a hole in the wall on the top floor, they found DJ's body. The medical examiner later determined he had been asphyxiated. His clothes were soaked in bleach and he had injuries to his face, neck, and mouth. When officers moved to take Banks into custody, he became combative. He tried to grab an officer's gun while handcuffed. It took five officers to restrain him. During the struggle he repeated that his life was over and told officers to choke him. He later claimed he had found DJ unresponsive in the bathtub and believed the boy had taken his own life. DJ had just finished his freshman year of high school. He was a member of his school's all-county orchestra and a talented violinist enrolled in a competitive magnet program. Outcome: Banks entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder and attempting to disarm a police officer in October 2022. In September 2025, he was sentenced to 42 years in prison#xyzbca #truecrime #viral #fyp

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