By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Montgomery County Police
A 26-year-old woman is facing murder charges after she allegedly killed her 92-year-old roommate, renowned sculptor
Nancy Ann Frankel. Authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they received a 911 call from the suspect,
Julia Birch, in which she admitted to the crime.
Officials did not release any details about the murder but said that Birch's statements to investigators matched up with the evidence they found at the scene. They did not provide a motive for the killing.
Birch had been living with Frankel in her Kensington home for the past seven months and was "an acquaintance of the victim's family members," Montgomery County Department of Police spokesperson