Suspect in child's stabbing death awaits trial date

By Racquel Bazos
– June 7, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | stab | Suspects | Victims |

A 33-year-old man suspected of murdering his girlfriend's child was not given a June 7 trial date before Judge Melissa K. Copeland in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The defendant's lawyer requested additional time to prepare.

Alan Geslicki is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in death of a child under 13, first-degree child abuse resulting in serious physical injury and possession of a deadly weapon in intention to injure for January 23. stabbing death of Seron O'Neal, 6 years old.

Prosecutors sentenced Geslicki to life, suspended for all but 60 years, with five years of supervised probation and an order to stay away from the victim's family after his release. Geslicki's attorney, Koryn High, told the court that although she had not yet made the offer known, she assumed it would be rejected based on her conversations with her client.

High also asked Judge Copeland for another reception hearing date to allow him more time to obtain an expert witness. The judge would give him a maximum of 30 days.

The lawyer agreed to reappear in the receiving court on June 28 to set Geslicki's trial.

A press release from the Baltimore Police Department says Geslicki was the boyfriend of O'Neal's mother and was arrested during a traffic stop. The murder took place at a home in the 2000 block of Deering Avenue.

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