By Tammy Ashworth (March 12, 2003)
 

Police in London arrested an 18-year-old man on March 6 in connection with the brutal murder of 1993 George Mason High School graduate and artist Margaret Muller early last month. The teenage suspect, identified as Colin Cummins, has since been released on bail. According to a statement released by Scotland Yard, however, Cummins is under instruction to return in April to the east London police station where he was taken following his arrest, pending further inquiries into the case. Muller, 27, was stabbed to death in what detectives have termed a "sadistic" attack while on a morning jog in east London’s popular Victoria Park in Hackney on February 3. The award-winning artist had lived in London for five years, during which time she studied and taught at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art.

Margaret Muller, GMHS '93

Cummins’ arrest came three days after police staged one of London’s largest crime scene reconstructions a month to the day after Muller’s murder. Victoria Park was sealed off for over four hours as hundreds of police officers and witnesses took part in the process, retracing their own and Muller’s steps the morning of the killing, in an attempt to produce a pool of suspects for further investigation, according to local London newspapers.

To view Muller’s art, visit her web site at www.margaretmuller.com, and stay tuned to Lasso Online for the latest developments in this story, as they become available.