23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Frederick Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Deadly Failed Robbery Of Bay Shore Teen Ends In Decades-Long Prison Term For Killer: DA
A Long Island man is headed to prison for decades for murder, authorities said.
Erick Garcia, 22, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 6 to 25 years behind bars for the killing of 19-year-old Carlos Guillen in 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Garcia, of Central Islip, designed a plan to rob Guillen at gunpoint after meeting up in Central Islip on Oct. 1, 2022, investigators said.
Guillen, of Bay Shore, invited Garcia into his vehicle, then Garcia pulled the gun, authorities said. But instead of handing over what Garcia wanted, Guillen panicked and accelerated the vehicle, …
2 Northampton County Prison Inmates Died By Suicide Days Apart: Coroner
Two prison inmates in Pennsylvania died by suicide days apart this month, the coroner confirmed on Monday, June 22.
Katelyn M. Godiska, 34, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead after being transported from Northampton County Prison to St. Luke's Hospital's Easton campus on Sunday, June 14, Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said in a release.
Five days later, Randolph P. Adams, 35, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead after being transported from the prison to the same hospital on Friday, June 19, according to the coroner.
The cause of death for both inmates was asphyxiation, and the manne…
