Klein v. Martin · ¶8

A few weeks later, Martin sent Torok a text message asking: “ `What time do u work[?]' ” Martin v. State, 218 Md. App. 1, 14, 96 A. 3d 765, 773 (2014) (alteration in original). Torok replied, “ `I'm off [today],' ” thus verifying that she would likely be home. Ibid. Later that day, just before 3 p.m., Torok was alone in her apartment in Crofton, Maryland, speaking on the phone with a close friend, Blair Wolfe, who lived in Pittsburgh. During their call, a man purporting to be a salesman knocked on Torok's front door. Torok hung up to speak to the man but promised to call Wolfe back. When she did not, Wolfe called her several times, but no one answered. Growing increasingly concerned, Wolfe called Torok's housemate, Jessica Higgs, and asked her to return home to see if Torok was safe. Higgs found Torok unconscious on the foor, bleeding from a gunshot wound to her head. Torok survived,…

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