Abingdon man charged with killing woman, 73, sexually assaulting ex

An Abingdon man has been charged with sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend and stabbing a woman to death.

On Thursday, Bel Air Police officers responded around 2:40 p.m. to the 700 block of Bedford Road and found 73-year-old Mary Bland with multiple stab wounds and a 17-year-old woman with non-life-threatening injuries.

Both victims were taken to a hospital where Bland was declared dead, police said.

The teen told officers that her ex-boyfriend Angelo Spencer, 24, of Abingdon, had stabbed Bland and then sexually assaulted the teen upstairs in their home, according to court documents.

She told officers Spencer orally and digitally penetrated her, court filings said.

Officers found Spencer a few hours after the alleged attacks near Monument Circle in Abingdon, according to court documents.

When he was arrested, Spencer told officers he went to Bland’s basement door to get his ex-girlfriend’s attention while texting her, according to court documents.

Spencer said she ignored him, and he left to go to Home Depot to buy a glass cutter, a pocketknife and a pair of gloves, according to court documents. Then, Spencer attempted to break into Bland’s home through the rear basement window but failed.

Spencer then went to the front door where he rang the bell and encountered Mary Bland, according to court documents. He pushed Bland into the home, and she yelled “call the police,” documents said.

Spencer said he panicked and stabbed her multiple times, according to court records.

Although Spencer denied sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, he said he held a knife to her neck, kissed her on the cheek, then dropped the knife and fled the area, according to court documents.

He told detectives he left the glass cutter, which he used to cut a cover off a window, by the rear basement and his gloves, which he didn’t use, in his car, according to court records.

Spencer has been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree rape. He is being held without bond.

Online records do not list an attorney representing Spencer.