Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): DNA Solves 20-Year-Old Murder Cold Case
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): DNA Solves 20-Year-Old Murder Cold Case: BRONX, NEW YORK, December19- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a murder charge has been filed against a 60-year-o...
DNA Solves 20-Year-Old Murder Cold Case
BRONX, NEW YORK, December19- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a murder charge has been filed against a 60-year-old defendant in connection with the brutal stabbing of a woman in Riverdale 19 years ago on October 20, 1993.
Lucius Crawford, of Beekman Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York, was indicted by the grand jury on one count of murder in the second degree. The indictment alleges that Crawford acted “with intent” in causing the death of 38-year-old Nella West by “blunt force trauma and sharp injuries to the head, face, and abdomen.” The deceased was stabbed multiple times and had sustained multiple fractures to her skull and numerous blunt force injuries and lacerations to her face.
Crawford, who was arrested last month in Mount Vernon, was arraigned before State Supreme Court Justice Richard Lee Price in Part T-16. The judge ordered that Crawford be held without bail.
The homicide remained unsolved until March of this year when the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner developed a full DNA profile of a suspect as a result of advances in DNA technology that was not available when the homicide occurred. Investigators were able to develop a profile from forensic evidence retrieved from vaginal swabs taken from the deceased.
(No sex crime could be charged in this case because the Statute of Limitations for sexual offenses has expired.) The profile was uploaded to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and was found to be a match to Crawford, who was paroled in 2008 after serving ten years on a conviction in Westchester County.
The investigation was re-opened by the NYPD 50th Precinct Detective Squad and the Bronx District Attorney’s Office as a result of a grant to test DNA forensic evidence in “cold cases”. Court records indicate that upon his apprehension the defendant admitted to causing West’s death.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Rachel Singer, Director of DNA Prosecutions.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
HOMES GUTTED ON JACKSON AVENUE
A four-alarm fire in the Woodstock section has injured three firefighters and two police officers, but residents escaped without injury. The Red Cross is currently assisting six of the 11 families that were left homeless for the holiday's after the Sunday, December 16 blaze.
Officials say the fire broke out on the top floor of 603 Jackson Avenue and quickly spread to two adjacent three-story buildings. Several ground-floor businesses were also destroyed. The fire department continues to investigate the cause of the blaze. The injured were taken to Lincoln Hospital and were all expected to recover.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Woman Found Dead in Baychester
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Woman Found Dead in Baychester: (Photo by David Greene) By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, December 17- Detectives continue to investigate the horrific and brutal murder of...
Woman Found Dead in Baychester
(Photo by David Greene)
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK, December 17- Detectives continue to investigate the horrific and brutal murder of a woman, stabbed to death along Baychester Avenue.
Calls to 911 were received after the woman was found face-first on the sidewalk outside of 4436 Baychester Avenue, at 9:30 a.m., on Sunday, December 16.
The unresponsive woman was rushed to Montefiore Hospital North, but succumbed to her injuries.
Police identified the victim as Maxine Martinez, 44, who lived around the corner on Nereid Avenue.
Neighborhood resident Andrew Fenton, 25, who discovered the gruesome scene, recalled, "I came out, I just saw this lady face-down with blood everywhere. She was cut up pretty bad."
Fenton, who watched as paramedics tried frantically to revive the woman, added, "Something like this, in this neighborhood, someone just lying in the street, it makes me feel mad. It's crazy."
Because police had no witnesses to the incident, detectives at first were unsure if it was the result of an assault or a car accident on the busy street.
However, police now say that Martinez was stabbed multiple times in her back and head and the incident has been deemed a homicide.
Anyone with any information are asked to call CrimeStoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.
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