NYPD Officer Accused In Cannibalism Plot Had Md. Ties

Cannibal Cop Graduated From The University of Maryland
A man claiming to be the brother of New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle is questioned by the media Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. The officer was charged Thursday in a ghoulish plot to kidnap and torture women and then cook and eat their body parts. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A man claiming to be the brother of New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle is questioned by the media Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. The officer was charged Thursday in a ghoulish plot to kidnap and torture women and then cook and eat their body parts. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A New York City police officer arrested Thursday and accused of plotting to kill, cook, and eat women has ties to the D.C. area. Gilberto Valle III, 28, was a University of Maryland College Park student who earned a psychology degree in 2006.

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