Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey is pleased to announce an arrest has been made in the murder of Chris Mader who was shot and killed on the eve of Thanksgiving 2004 near the intersection of Smallwood Drive and St. Stephen’s Drive in Waldorf. Chris had just left his job as a bartender at Bennigan’s and was heading home when he was shot.
Since 2004, detectives have pursued a number of leads. Then in 2010, additional information regarding the case surfaced. As a result of the Sheriff’s Office investigation, a Charles County Grand Jury recently returned a six-count indictment charging Matthew Derek Correll, 29 of King George, Va., with First-Degree Murder, Attempted Robbery and other charges.
On Oct. 22, Charles County Sheriff’s detectives and members of the King George Sheriff’s Office arrested Correll at his home. He was extradited to Maryland on October 27 and remanded to the Charles County Detention Center with no bond. The investigation is still active and ongoing.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is committed to solving crime. Anyone with information about a crime, no matter when it occurred is asked to call the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at (301) 932-2222. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS.
