Investigative reporter

Jean Marbella

Jean Marbella is an investigative and enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Sun. She joined The Sun in 1987 and has been a features writer, national correspondent, editor and columnist. She was born in Havre de Grace, grew up in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Email her at jean.marbella@baltsun.com.

Edwin F. Hale Sr. arrives at the funeral services for former Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor, William Donald Schaefer.

Funeral marks Schaefer’s ‘extraordinary life’

May 30, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

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Funeral marks Schaefer’s ‘extraordinary life’

May 31, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

At a memorial service that celebrated both his landscape-altering legacy and his big-hearted if crusty-shelled persona, the William Donald Schaefer nation gathered one last time on Wednesday — friends and...

Celebrating Schaefer, and ourselves

May 30, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

There were hats, of course, straw boaters at the aquarium and Preakness-worthy confections in Mount Vernon. Then there was the quirkier haberdashery, like a purple top hat one man in...

Celebrating Schaefer, and ourselves

May 31, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

There were hats, of course, straw boaters at the aquarium and Preakness-worthy confections in Mount Vernon. Then there was the quirkier haberdashery, like a purple top hat one man in...

Touching home: one final lap around Baltimore

May 31, 2019 at 2:16 a.m.

Marylanders — hands on their hearts, crisply saluting or wiping away tears — lined streets and gathered at landmarks to bid personal farewells to William Donald Schaefer Monday afternoon, as...

The Pride of Baltimore, and in Baltimore

May 31, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Detroit to do a story on Tom Zbikowski, the Baltimore Raven spending the NFL lockout pursuing a pro boxing career, and we...

One last road trip for Schaefer

May 30, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

From Faidley's at Lexington Market to the Washington Monument, from Camden Yards to the Inner Harbor, a motorcade will ferry the body of William Donald Schaefer on a two-hour farewell...

One last road trip for Schaefer

May 31, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

From Faidley's at Lexington Market to the Washington Monument, from Camden Yards to the Inner Harbor, a motorcade will ferry the body of William Donald Schaefer on a two-hour farewell...

Schaefer and Kelly: Together in politics, death

May 30, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

Here is how Charlie Kelly imagined the scene at the pearly gates this week: William Donald Schaefer awaits entry as St. Peter goes over his list. Maybe his eyes are...

Schaefer and Kelly: Together in politics, death

May 31, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

Here is how Charlie Kelly imagined the scene at the pearly gates this week: William Donald Schaefer awaits entry as St. Peter goes over his list. Maybe his eyes are...

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