Today in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, before the honorable Judge Jeannie Cho, defendant Ruel Francis Dempster II, 34, of Silver Spring, entered a guilty plea to the charge of first-degree murder for the death of Alice Dennis, the mother of his children.
Sentencing is scheduled for February 4th, 2022 and the defendant is expected to receive an agreed upon 40-year prison sentence.
This charge stems from the discovery of Dennis’ body inside the couple’s Silver Spring home on April 18th, 2018. Dempster was arrested in May of 2018 in the area of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico by the Federal Police (La Policia Federal) on the strength of a Montgomery County warrant.
“I thank Deputy State’s Attorney Ryan Wechsler and Assistant State’s Attorney Dermot Garrett for securing a guilty plea in this case, along with our international partners for making the arrest. This defendant fled the country after committing murder in our community, but will now be held accountable for his actions,” said State’s Attorney John McCarthy.