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THE BUILDING AROUND THE CORNER. BALTIMORE POLICE FOUND THIS SHOPPING CART ON MOTHER’S DAY AFTERNOON CREATED SAT BEHIND AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON CLARKS LANE. INSIDE, POLICE MADE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY. A WOMAN’S DISMEMBERED BODY. POLICE IDENTIFIED HER AS DOMINIQUE FOSTER USING DISTINCTIVE TATTOOS ON HER BODY. DOCUMENTS SHOW A RELATIVE FROM OUT OF STATE CONTACTED POLICE AND POINTED THEM TO A POSSIBLE SUSPECT. HER FATHER, LAWRENCE BANKS. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN -- STAYING AT THE LOCATION AND WAS IN THE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FATHER. BANKS IS CHARGED WITH HANDGUN VIOLATIONS AS DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE. THEY HAD VIDEO FOOTAGE OF SOMEONE IN A WHITE HOODIE PUSHING THE SHOPPING CART CONTAINING FOSTERS BODY. STATING THEY PLACED IN FRONT OF THE DUMPSTER AND PROCEEDS TO WALK BACK FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WALKING WITH A LIMP AND TRYING TO COVER THEIR TRACKS OUT OF THE LOCATION. THE RELATIVE WHO CALLED THE TACTICS MADE CLAIMS BANKS HAD MURDERED IN THE PAST. WE FOUND COURT RECORDS SHOWING HE PLED GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN 1993 AND GOT A 20 YEAR SENTENCE. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND ON THE HANDGUN CHARGES. NO WORD ON IF OR WHEN MORE CHARGES WILL BE FILED. DOMINIC FOSTERS FAMILY HAS SET UP LIFE GOFUNDME PAGE TO PAY

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There are new details tonight on the case involving the discovery of a woman's dismembered body in a trash bag in a shopping cart in northwest Baltimore. 11 News has obtained court documents that shed light on a possible person of interest. Dominique Foster's body was found in a shopping cart in front of a dumpster. The possible person of interest her father -- Lawrence Banks -- lives in the building next door to the dumpster.Baltimore police found the shopping cart on Mother's Day afternoon. It sat behind an apartment building on Clarks Lane. Inside, police made a gruesome discovery -- a woman's dismembered body. According to court documents, police identified Foster using distinctive tattoos on her body. Documents show a relative from out of state contacted police and pointed them to a person of interest, Foster's father, Banks. Documents show, through further investigation, "The victim, Ms. Foster was staying at the location and was in a sexual relationship with her father." Right now, Banks is only charged with handgun violations as detectives continue to investigate. Documents show they have video footage of someone in a white hoodie pushing the shopping cart containing Foster's body. "They placed it in front of the dumpster and then proceeds to walk back from where they came from, walking with a limp and trying to cover the tracks out of the location," the documents say. The relative who called detectives also made claims Banks had murdered someone in the past. 11 News found court records show Banks pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1993 and got a 20-year sentence.Banks is currently being held without bond on the handgun charges. There is no word on if or when more charges will be filed. Foster's family has set up a GoFundMe page to pay for funeral expenses. 11 News contacted the family, but have not heard back.