. >> reporter: sandra trent said she knew something was wrong when tie a never came home. everyone thought she would turn up fine. sandra trent takes a lot of comfort in her garden when she offed her 14 years ago with her son. she never intended to do yard work but her son urged her to plant a garden. show said the garden will -- she said the garden will sleep now. >> we planted that together or oarnged her name to tire a. sandra said tie tyra was a trip. >> i would hear her half a block coming down the street, hi, mom, ma. i miss her. tyra trent was found strangled in an abandoned home. police think her bodies with dumped there and the murder may have been committed somewhere else. at this point they're investigating but there are few leads. >> we know there's one person, if not more who has some information, maybe heard someone talking about the case, maybe you remember back earlier this year you heard someone and we're asking people to contact homicide detectives. >> reporter: she said she will put up her elaborate christmas decorations because tyra loved them so. she j

. >> reporter: sandra trent's heart broke on valentine's day, the last day she saw her child alive. >me days, you know, i'm angry. some days, i'm very sad. some days, i just wish he hadn't went out the door that night. >> reporter: six days later, they found tyra trent strangled to death. detectives are out of leads. >> we know that someone out there has some information on this case someone saw something. heard something. but we're really asking for the public's help. >> trent ran into trouble in the past. because of the way he lived his life. but she's not sure his transgender had anything to do with his murder. >> he had problems like we all do. but he had a good heart. >> he was trying to earn a ged and go to nursing school. it's the second time mrs. trent buried a child. now, trent wants the person who killed her baby to pay for it. >> you took the only thing i had left, you know. my only child. >> reporter: mrs. trent said she is not sure where tyra was going the night she left home for the last time. and police have not worked out a motive. >> police urge anyone who has informa

trent. and he had been charged with prostitution and judge. he was trying to go to school. but it's the second time sandratook the only thing i had left, you know? my only child. >> reporter: and mrs. trent says she's not sure where tyra was going the night she left home for the last time. at this point, police have not developed any motive. >> police urge anyone who has information to let them know. tips can remain anonymous. >>> orioles pitcher alfredo simone is off the hook. he's been cleared in all wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of his cousin. simone spent two months in a dominican prison. a hearing scheduled for today has been canceled. and simone will not face any charges. >>> new information about a police-involved shooting in howard county. officers shot a man with a gun after he opened fire on high- tech drive in the hanover area. tonight, the detectives are identifying the suspect as 19- year-old jeffrey nichols of elkridge. he's currently in critical condition at shock trauma. >> polls are open in baltimore's general elections. city residents are deciding on their leadership from the next fou