CATONSVILLE, MD – The Baltimore County Police Department is again asking the public for help in solving the nearly six-decade-old homicide of Hans Stroehla, a 68-year-old man who was beaten, robbed, and left for dead in Catonsville in 1966.
Investigators say Stroehla was walking west on Frederick Road in the early morning hours of October 5, 1966, when three unidentified men in a sedan offered him a ride.
Around 3 a.m., a truck driver discovered Stroehla lying off the side of River and Thistle Road, badly beaten and unconscious.
He was taken to St. Agnes Hospital with severe injuries to his head and body.
Victim died days after brutal attack
Before succumbing to his injuries eight days later, Stroehla told police the men had driven him to a wooded area, demanded money, then assaulted him and threw him from a moving vehicle.
Detectives say the suspects have never been identified, and no arrests were made in the decades following the crime.
Cold case investigators seek new information
The department’s homicide unit continues to review evidence and interview anyone who may remember details from the night of the attack.
Anyone with information that could assist in the investigation is urged to contact Baltimore County Police Detectives at 410-887-3943.
