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Cops: Prostitute charged with killing psychiatrist in motel
Philadelphia police have identified a 75-year-old man found dead in a city hotel room, a belt wrapped round his neck, as a local psychiatrist. Police said Tuesday that the case was being investigated as a homicide, and the arrest was announced Wednesday afternoon.
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Philadelphia police officials said today that Manuel Baez, 27, strangled Baker inside a fifth floor hotel room at the Rodeway Inn in Center City early Monday morning.
Upon arrival, police say the body of 75-year-old Howard Baker was located inside of a room.
Baker was a board-certified psychiatrist who had offices in Center City and Wynnewood.
Dr. Howard Baker was pronounced dead at the scene.
He checked in Sunday, and surveillance footage showed him leaving twice and returning each time with a different man.
Baez, the homeless prostitute and alleged killer visited him in the evening and left at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday.
He told his wife that he was at a bar watching the Eagles that night, Clark said.
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Baker was a well-known psychiatrist who had been in practice for relationship problems and spiritual difficulties for over 40 years, according to his website.