I'm a resident of Locust Point. I know many fine caring people in both Cherry Hill and West Baltimore. In no way does that letter from that angry Locust Pointer represent the views of everyone in this neighborhood. I also lived near Matthew Martin, a man whose activities did nothing but send my property values southward.

WOW the person who posted that letter on Craig's list must walk around with his or her head up their ass. Crime does not discriminate. It happens in Montgomery County, PG County and they have money TOO. Where you live does not make you a better person, but how you live.

Dear Anonymous: I can not believe you are sitting here talking about your property value going down when a mother has just lost her son. You should be ashamed of yourself. Regardless of anything Matt may have done in his life, he did not deserve to die. Obviously you are not a parent or you would have more compassion for his mother. I say SHAME ON YOU!!!

Amen to deltasweetiepi ! Now the family and friends can get closure at least. Hopefully those hundreds of thousands of flyers can be recycled. Oh and about that crime, drugs etc...it's everywhere Baltimore ! Stop wearing blinders !

Now I understand why this wasn't plastered all over the news when he disappeared and since. NO ONE CARED. The media only cares if the victim is white with money from an affluent neighborhood and no criminal background.

If you are of color, from low to middle income background, and/or have any criminal background you will not get the same care as you otherwise would. It's a fact.

I agree with Brandy. Anonymous whoever you are. You have nerve to talk about a man who is presumed dead. Do you not have any compassion for his family and his friends? If your property value is all you are worried about than you need to get a grip on reality. Locust point is a Christian community and that doesn't sound very christian to me.....SO MOVE!!!!

Nothing matt did warranted or can justify what happened to him.All you people that are worried about property vaule are the ones that destroyed this neighborhood .South Baltimore was a place that no matter what happened or what you did,everyone still welcomed you with open arms.everyone new you,tryed helping you and were concerned about you.'YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU CHANGED THAT! A NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT MADE ON OR BUILT AROUND HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE OR ARE WORTH,Its built on strong caring people that care about each other.Our mothers worked hard to hold are familys together while our fathers worked hard to build them.WE ALL ARE GOING TO MISS YOU MATT,NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE YOUR STILL A TRUE SOUTH BALTIMORE BOY FOREVER!

Very well said Jimmy. I could have not said it any better myself. Maybe your property value has nothing to do with a person maybe it is the house that sits on that property. If all you are worried about is your property value maybe you should move where you will not have any neighbors. It does not matter where you live, county, city, state, country you will always witness some sort of problem. If you are looking for flaws in everyone what does that say for youself??? You have no heart!!! Maybe you need to think before you speak and reconsider what you are going to type on a public site. How rude of you and again SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very well said Jimmy. I could have not said it any better myself. Maybe your property value has nothing to do with a person maybe it is the house that sits on that property. If all you are worried about is your property value maybe you should move where you will not have any neighbors. It does not matter where you live, county, city, state, country you will always witness some sort of problem. If you are looking for flaws in everyone what does that say for youself??? You have no heart!!! Maybe you need to think before you speak and reconsider what you are going to type on a public site. How rude of you and again SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I own in Locust point and drug activity sucks for everyone, from born and bred south baltimoreans to land rover driving yuppies.that being said i'm sure Matt didn't deserve to die. Much more importantly his mother didn't deserve the pain of not knowing where her son was for 6 weeks, only to find out the terrible outcome last night.

First and foremost, condolences to his mother and family. The person who wrote about ethics in Locust point needs to be quiet. You have no clue what happened exactly, and until you do, stop making assumptions about a neighborhood, that you claim turned it's back and didn't do what it was supposed to. It seems you have it all figured out "it was drug activity". So, Mr. or Miss detective, tell us what happened! I have news for you-- NO neighborhood is exempt from drug activity sadly enough. As for the person talking about property value, you are incensitive, I'm sure his family is in deep mourning right now. I didn't know the boy personally, but this is a senseless death. I hope his soul is at peace and his family can find closure now that he has been found!

Wow. I've moved to the county but lived in this neighborhood for almost ten years. There are times when I miss being part of the City. However, there are far, far more times when I’m glad to be only a spectator.

It was so painful to live in a neighborhood plagued by the poor choices of several generations of its residents. Baltimore and its residents have done this to themselves over many years.

Baltimore is a hard, unforgiving place. You CAN live there and live well. You can THRIVE there. However, people fool themselves if think they can live a sanitized suburban, or uban-chic life there without taking some collateral damage or stray fire along the way.

Matt was a great kid and came from a great family,his Dad probably had more money than all the yuppies put together on his block. I still remember those big ears and goofy smile when he used to ride his bike up and down my block. I remember he was really close to his Dad. I hope they catch whoever did this.

anonymous? your property value? u have got to be kidding me. a man whom u obviously knew was MURDERED, whats wrong with you? Do you know how close this neighborhood is? We are all family, everyone knows everyone - from down the bottom, to heath street and 84, to hilltop, to down the point - YOU must be new and what we call a yuppie who refers to all these places as "federal hill" & hasnt been in the neighborhood very long. WE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE - one of us is DEAD :( understand? South Baltimore is like a close knit family and people like u are just outsiders who will never understand the meaning of the love we have for one another in this neighborhood - R.I.P MaTT.. LoVe u BRo

hvillage - are u kidding me? he had been missing for over a month with NO news coverage - what are u talking about? now that he has been found, we want justice - i see BLACK people on the news everyday begging for anyone who knows anything about one of their family members getting killed to come foreward - why because matt is white and has a little money is this any different - u people have nerve and make me sick to even bring race into an issue like this....so sad.

Wow!! what a coward you are to talk about the dead from behind a mask!! no heart and a dark soul.

Courtney,

Locust Point is a Christian neighborhood? That's news to me since I am a 35 year Jewish resident of LP. Should I leave too?

I didn't know Matt very well myself but i did know him. Even if you didn't know him at all you can see he was a great friend. just look at how many people came together in a time of need for his family. I remember when people in South Baltimore was more like family than just neighbors. "Anonymous" your just an outsider trying to make a fast buck in a housing market that took a crash. How could you put a dollar value on a persons life? My heart goes out to Matt's friends and family. I hope and pray they get the answers they so deserve. I miss what South Baltimore was before it all became Federal Hill. Back before all the yuppies moved in and bought out all the families that was born and raised in a community where everybody knew everybody and looked out for one another.

u people talking about race and religion are just so far off the main point its unbelieveable :( A MAN IS DEAD - do yall get it? forget christians or jewish people or selling drugs or property value - my best friend is dead - u all have no respect for human life - PERIOD.

REALLY? A 31 year old son/ brother/fiancee was murdered and there is angry conversation about religion, race, property value and economic status in Locust Point. The real point is being missed here. A human being, fellow man was lost this week.
It makes me sad to see where we are as a community that this is the conversations that are being had at such a time.
Before you make a statement about whether or not you should move out of Locust Point because you are Jewish or that your property value is being lowered take one second and say to yourself...
A 31 year old man from my community was MURDERED. This man was my neighbor, someone's son, and obviously someone that many people cared about (this is evident in the 800+ members of the fb page dedicated to finding him). If you really do this and REALLY think about it I am sure that your property value will probably be of little concern.
Also something to keep in mind is that this has not been solved. No one knows how this man died. If this is drug related that is just more proof that we as a community need to work harder to make sure that souls are not lost to the horrible disease of drug addiction and all of the sorted things that go along with it.
To the of this young man's family I apologize for my fellow neighbors and their insensitivity to you at this horrible time in your life. Your sons life is and was of great value. He seems to have touched the life of many people. If he did make bad choices in life that sent him in the wrong direction that makes him no less than any one of us. God Bless you and your family.

My name is on what post as i would say this to your face and not hide like you are. this is not about race!! it's about some big mouth that holds his possessions with more value than a life ,and said things when he should have just bitten his toung as this family world is destroyed.so put on your big boy pants and dont get your feelings hurt, or take off your mask and post with your name, be a man

I knew Matt from Catholic Community School. The police have said that they don't know of any motives anyone would have had to kill Matt, so why assume it has anything to do with any mistakes he may have made in the past? I grew up and still live in the area that is known as Federal Hill. It was a neighborhood of poor and working class people struggling to make it. I don't care that new people have moved in (though I sure the hell do care when they act like poor and working class people should get the hell out), but newcomers need to get off of their high horse about how the neighborhood should be. Furthermore, paying $250,000 for houses worth $32, 000 has all of us who grew up here wondering what anyone is thinking to pay that much! So screw you, anonymous. Are you perfect? I know not because you're a human being. Somebody needs to check your pulse since you obviously don't have a heart.

Did Matt go to Mt. Saint Joe? I haven't heard that mentioned, but think it might be true? Thanks for the info. Sending healing thoughts to his friends and family. Such a horrible thing to happen in such a loving and supportive community.

First off let me say how sorry i am for ms. Joann, Brian, wendy, and everyone else who had the PRIVILIGE to actually know matt. The first person who commented on this blog should be ashamed of themselves. It's crazy to know that u are worried about your property value when u obviously have no human value. I don't carr what anyone says. No neighborhood is perfect. But I'm proud to be from locust point. Maybe matt wasn't perfect, and I'm not perfect, and honesty there is not a perfect person, not even you, but matt was a GOOD person. He was the kind of guy who played with your children, or hugged you in the bar, even tho he had just seen you yesterday. He was a person that loved, and who was loved by many. Matt didn't ask for this to happen to him or his family. Locust point use to be about family, friends, respect, and unity. If saddens me that as the property value increases, human value decreases.

Locust point was always the cleanest neighborhood in the city...way before the yuppies moved in , and it was that way because everyone took pride in their homes and neighborhood. it was a neighborhood of extended families, A house had a father, mother and children,not 5 single yuppies all paying 900.00 a month.You cant put a price on the unity of a close knit neighborhood like Locust Point used to be. People like the first poster make me sick

Reguardless of property value, yuppies, religion, drugs, and indifference, a life was lost. To those of you mourning Matt's passing please celebrate his life and remember him with that jubilant smile. It may be a curse to always see the good in people but it beats focusing on the bad. In loving memory of Matt I pray for his family and friends. AMEN.

the first person who commented on this is a real asshole he was a longtime friend of mine and sorry everyone is not as perfect as you are and also u can say whatever u want to about matt your opion of him does not mean shit if you had a problem with him then u should have took it up with him then not now after he is not with us i sure u have problems of ur own how about u put ur name to what u write ok with that said let the man my friend rest in piece and his family greive properly and not have to worry about idiots like u saying shit about him his mother is a very nice kind person and dont deserve anything that she is going thru now no mother should so please do me a favor and shut the fuck up

listen here to the 1st person who posted on here matt is my friend sorry every1 cant be as perfect as u if u are goin to talk crap about some 1 do it when they are here not after they are gone regardless of any1's choices in life they do not deserve what happen and for u to say he lowered ur property value u r a ignorant asshole matt's mom does not deserve this shit u a writing so stop it and dont be a coward stand behind what u say my name is robbie coleman if u have a problem with what im saying matt;s mom is a very nice kind lady so let her and his brother and family greive please stop saying stuff that has no baring on anything and truthfullly does not matter or concern u

thank you everyone for speaking up for matt when he can't do it himself. we are his real friends and we ALL know the true matt martin. OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL

How sad that during a very tragic time some of us forget to think of others and not ourselves. A son has died, a brother is lost, a friend is gone. A family is grieving , thats whats important, not our property value, or the type car we drive, or what mistakes someone could have/would have/should fixed. Matt Martin did not deserve to die, his mom did not choose to lose her son, his brother did not want to lose his only brother. So this is the time for all of us to band together and help the family and ourselves start to heal. Even in his death Matt is teaching us a lesson. He is teaching us to stand together, to be strong and show how much we care. RIP MATT !!!

I would like to first to say how sorry I am to all of Matts family no one deserves to have something like this happen to them and to think it could happen to someone like Matt who never would hurt anyone make me sick. I won't even lower myself or Matts memory by commenting on the previous negative comments that were made about Matt and believe me I could. I've known Matt and his family for many years and they truly don't deserve this. With respect to his famly I think the negative remarks should be deleted from this. His real friends ... and he knew who they were were and so does anyone who knew him ...knew the real Matt the kind easy going nice guy who wouldn't hurt anyone. I hope they get who ever did this and I hope its soon.

I Don't care what any jackass has to say about Matt. He was a great person whom didn't deserve to have his life ended like this. These pecunious halfwits have their own agenda on what they want their town to be like but it will never have the same quality of people it had before all the yuppies started infecting South Baltimore. I was born and raised there and if I know one thing, Shame on him who becomes Anonymous and pisses off the SoBo Brotherhood. Good luck with that mask. Matt- May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. Farewell good friend!

I would just like to say that i did not know Matt. But over the last couple weeks he became apart of my family. I lived in baltimore City, I went to Southern High which you know call Digital Tech. I had plenty of friends that lived and still live in South Baltimore. I don't give a [deleted] what Matt did in his life. He was still a person who hundreds and hundreds of people love. And for you to talk about religion or property value makes me sick. A young man was MURDERED. He has a grieving family and for you to put nonsense like that on here. What i've seen Matt was a loving person. We all have done wrong in ourlives. Who gives a [deleted] were you live. This man will never be able to see his children grow up or to get married. You are a sick person without a soul. Anyway. To Matt's family i'm so sorry for you loss. I did not know Matt but he was in my heart everyday when i would go onto his site on facebook and i prayed everyday that he would come home safely. I'm truely sorry that you had to lose such an incredible person that so many loved. He is with his father now in HEAVEN and i know he is a beautiful Angel watching over the ones he loves with a big smile. I wish to God this would of ended differently. But your in my prayers forever and i will never forget the name MATT MARTIN it will have a special place in my heart. R.I.P. Matt.

This is just a sad story, and to be honest, this is a sad comment thread. From property value comments down, it's pretty obvious that South Baltimore is like an abusive relationship. There have always been yuppies and drug dealers, rich and poor, politicians and proles. I think we're just too narcissistic as a species at this point. I remember playing TurboGrafix16 with Matt's younger brother Brian as a kid, and marveling at the riches his family had compared to mine.

Money and status and all that stuff doesn't matter for anything. My heart goes out to the Martin family.

I left South Baltimore for a reason. It's easy to say no to strangers. It's hard to say no to friends, and that's how a lot of the people in the neighborhood get into trouble.

Love you all.

Matthew Martin's mother is my cousin. He comes from a GREAT family. He and his brother could not have had a better mother. She is one of the sweetest, nicest, loving, and strongest persons I have ever known. She would come to the need of her neighbors, friends, and family when called upon.
It is not fair that she has to endure the pain of losing a child she loved so unconditionally. If you have humanity and would like to kindly contribute, please hold JoAnn and Brian in your thoughts and prayers.