Man Pleads Guilty To Wife's 'Heinous' Brooklyn Park Murder

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Cedric Dion Callaway, a 51-year-old man from Curtis Bay, pleaded guilty Thursday to the May 2025 murder of his wife in Brooklyn Park.

The plea was entered on the fourth day of Callaway's jury trial on a first-degree murder charge, according to the Anne Arundel County Office of the State's Attorney.

"The defendant’s surprise plea was certainly a recognition that things were not going his way during trial," State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said in a statement.

Callaway was charged with the murder of his wife, 44-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Bundy, after investigators found surveillance connecting him to the scene of the crime.

Bundy was found dead underneath a pile of tires on May 23, 2025, near the intersection of Alley 79 and Disney Avenue in Brooklyn Park. At the scene, authorities observed significant trauma to Bundy's head, face and around her neck.

Callaway was connected to the scene after he told the Baltimore Police Department that he was robbed and pistol-whipped in the Brooklyn Park area, and that his wife was still missing.

Surveillance footage obtained by investigators showed Callaway and Bundy walking from a laundromat at 716 Church Street toward the alleyway. While the pair were seen together at 12:15 a.m., Callaway was recorded walking away alone from the alley by 1:30 a.m.

Investigators noted that Callaway was seen walking away from the scene with a crossbody bag belonging to Bundy, as well as a jacket that he trashed outside the laundromat.

The Anne Arundel County Office of the State's Attorney said in a release that Callaway had further caught the attention of detectives after he said he was going to "prison," and that he'd kill himself if he was charged with murder.

Callaway had not been told of Bundy's death when he made the remarks.

Officials said that Callaway also did not have any injuries that corresponded with being pistol-whipped, but that he did have blood stains on his hands and underneath his fingernails.

"This was a cold-blooded, heinous crime where the defendant killed his wife and mother of his child, then left her under a pile of tires in an alley," Leitess said. "I am grateful that we were able to get justice for Ms. Bundy."

Callaway is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 15.