Police Make 5 Arrests In Connection With Driveway Murder of Leslie Baker

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CBS 11 reporter JD Miles tweeted about 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, that his sources confirm Dallas Police have made five arrests connected to Monday’s murder of Leslie Baker in Preston Royal. Baker was the Director of Marketing at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery in Plano.

It’s not clear, says Miles, how many of those arrested are being charged with murder. The five were apparently apprehended while attempting to highjack a Mercedes in Richardson. They were arrested, he said, on Deerwood, a street in South Dallas.

Baker was shot in the driver’s seat of her car just outside her home in the 6100 block of Royalton on Memorial Day at about 5 p.m. Neighbors heard the shots — nine total — and recorded several street videos of cars which they have been providing to police. When I called the detective investigating the case, Det. Montenegro, he told me he had had more than 100 calls Tuesday from neighbors trying to help.

I called to alert him to a story we ran four years ago, concerning gunshots fired on the same street, in the same location, against three morning joggers in January 2016.

It turns out, I learned from one of Leslie’s friends, she was one of the joggers.

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

31 Comments

  1. Steve on May 28, 2020 at 2:43 am

    Have they provided a description of any of the 5 arrested? It might be helpful to know who to look out for.

    • Susan Hicks on May 28, 2020 at 11:26 am

      Very glad they made arrests. But what would a description do if they have already been apprehended? Why would you need to look out for suspects who have been arrested?

      • Sher on May 28, 2020 at 2:17 pm

        They want to know if they are POC

    • Ace on May 28, 2020 at 2:20 pm

      No, we are too PC These days and some group might get offended.

  2. Candy Evans on May 28, 2020 at 3:23 am

    Not yet, and they were in custody.

    • Tina Rollins on May 28, 2020 at 8:25 am

      I would like to see pictures because I could possibly help I was a target of an almost carjacking last Thursday in Mesquite

      • Candy Evans on May 28, 2020 at 10:02 am

        Tina, I will email you… thanks.

      • Susan Hicks on May 28, 2020 at 11:24 am

        Sorry for your bad experience. What help is needed if the suspects have been arrested? What would a picture do?

        • Judy Justice on May 28, 2020 at 11:39 am

          so she could see if the attackers were the same that attack her

  3. Mickey on May 28, 2020 at 10:36 am

    I wonder if her murder has anything to do with the shooting that took place on her street about 5 or 6 years ago, where there were a group of people shot at, and Mrs. Baker was in that same group.

    https://www.fox4news.com/news/police-using-technology-to-find-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman-in-her-preston-hollow-driveway

  4. M. Appleton on May 28, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    I wonder if anyone from this group of juveniles was part of the group that were arrested when they tried to run from police and were caught leaving a stolen car at St. Marks. I think that happened last year?

  5. Steve on May 28, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    The reason I ask about a description is because quite often the accessories to the murder end up back on the street in short order. Also the fact that there are 5 of them and that they were immediately out attempting to carjack someone else speaks to the fact that this may be a larger ring of people than just 5. Perhaps they all wore a same colored accessory, like a bandana, or dressed in a similar manner? Or perhaps they had a very distinct behavior pattern they exhibited before they committed the murder (like casing the area)? For those of us that live in the area and are worried about being a victim of something similar deserve to know a little about this.

    On a final note; Mrs Baker is the victim here, and she’s gone way too soon. The perpetrators of this horrendous act are not victims in any way and do not deserve to be protected. Political correctness has a time and a place, this is not it.

    • Jane on May 28, 2020 at 3:03 pm

      Steve you are completely right!!!!

    • PeterTx52 on May 28, 2020 at 5:03 pm

      they were probably wearing khaki pants, polo shirts and top-siders.

    • Mickey on May 28, 2020 at 7:54 pm

      I feel that if he can commit murder, no matter what age, his picture should be spread all over the media so we can see his worthless, cowardly face. And I don’t care what race he is.

      https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/05/28/16-year-old-capital-murder-death-leslie-baker/

      • Steve on May 29, 2020 at 6:11 pm

        I couldn’t agree more Mickey!

    • James Lee Murphy on May 28, 2020 at 9:51 pm

      Bravo!

  6. Rawlins Gilliland on May 28, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    This story hurts my heart as Lesley was beloved by many people I know & love.

    PS: Deerwood street is wayyyy across town for ‘south Dallss’ which is south of downtown. It is in southwest Dallas, west of Oak Cliff. Between Oak Cliff & Duncanville. That’s hardly the issue here but knowing Dallas should not be an ongoing learning curve. In this case it’s on an opposite side of the city. Like saying Harry Hines & Royal in in Preston Royal.

    • PeterTx52 on May 28, 2020 at 5:05 pm

      or saying that Preston Forest is part of Preston Hollow
      of course anything south of I-30 is south Dallas

    • Candy Evans on May 29, 2020 at 12:50 am

      Same here, Rawlins.

  7. PeterTx52 on May 28, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    any idea as to the ethnicity of the perpetrators or is that not poltically correct?

  8. shane1111 on May 28, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    So they won’t release the name of a 16 year old charged with capital murder, but have no problem identifying 18 year olds accused of simple misdemeanors. Ridiculous what the world is coming to!!!

  9. John on May 28, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    Is there a photo of the suspects vehicle? The suspects vehicle description in one of the news stories sounded a lot like an incident that happened at my house. A light grey sedan was involved in stealing two of my parents cars.

    • Steve on May 29, 2020 at 6:14 pm

      The vehicle appears to be a silver late-model Nissan Altima. Very nondescript looking. No tint or anything to make it stand out in a crowd.

  10. Christian Stolle on May 29, 2020 at 11:47 pm

    This is a horrific tragedy. Let justice be served for Ms. Baker!

  11. Clay on May 30, 2020 at 1:41 am

    The police said it was a light colored Nissan Sentra. It looked longer (like a bigger car) in the photo they provided but that’s because it was moving.

    I’d like to know if this group is associated with the car jacking that occurred on Preston Road, April 2019. The lady homeowner pulled into her Preston facing driveway, left car running and went inside for one minute to drop off some food, and returned to find a kid stealing her SUV in broad daylight. I still have pics on my phone from her security camera shots – they looked like young Hispanic guys, or maybe Honduras.

    • Candy Evans on May 30, 2020 at 2:27 am

      Please see my post about the telephone meeting next Friday… you should send these questions to Lee Kleinman in advance, asking for answers.

  12. Bala Menon on May 31, 2020 at 4:54 pm

    Doesn’t it seem strange that Leslie Baker was part of a group of women who were shot at in front of her house seemingly at random five years ago. This being totally random seems difficult to believe.

  13. Marc R. on June 1, 2020 at 12:59 pm

    It would help greatly to know detailed descriptions of suspects. I can’t stand it when the news in print or on tv say simply “a male”. The more details the better. Why do I need to know? I need to know if I see these suspects out on a train or walking up to me at a stop sign or train station. DETAILS.

  14. Cathy on June 5, 2020 at 6:54 pm

    Why was she shot? Why did he feel he had to shoot her? I am hearing it was an attemped carjacking. What stopped him from taking her car and letting her live. Horrible and I feel so bad for her family.

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