Westview Mall

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shopping_mall_name = Westview Shopping Center


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location = Catonsville, Maryland, USA
opening_date = 1958
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Westview Mall was an indoor mall located in Catonsville, Maryland. The mall originally opened in 1958 as an outdoor strip mall, but was later converted into an indoor shopping center [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2002/04/01/story3.html Westview to become strip center - Baltimore Business Journal: ] ] . In 2002, the mall returned to its original outdoor status, when the indoor section, which had largely failed, was converted into some big box stores, including Lowe's and Sam's Club.

Murder case

Westview Mall came into the news in 1991, when a well publicized murder took place in the parking lot. On June 6 of that year, 49-year-old Jane Tyson was murdered in the presence of her grandchildren, ages 6 and 4. Wesley Eugene Baker was convicted of the crime, and was executed on December 5, 2005, after more than 13 years on Maryland's death row.

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