Bean Station, TN - But you gotta give him credit for trying. William Randall Crawford, 34, is the subject of a large-scale manhunt centered in Grainger County, Tennessee. Crawford is accused of going to his in-laws’ home in Bean Station on Saturday night and shooting, stabbing and biting five family members: his in-laws, his wife, and his two children. Fortunately, Crawford was unsuccessful - so far, all of his victims are alive. At this point, though, I would say that a family reconciliation seems unlikely.
The Grainger County Sheriff’s Deaprtment got a call at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday from the home of Jeff and Loretta Dalton. The Daltons are the parents of William Crawford’s wife, Emily. On the phone was Austin Crawford, William and Emily’s fifteen-year-old son. Austin reported that his father had shot a rifle through the front door. His grandparents were shot, his grandfather stabbed, his mother stabbed, and that he had been stabbed in the chest.
When deputies arrived, Jeff and Loretta Dalton were injured with gunshot wounds to the head. Jeff Dalton was also stabbed in the stomach, and Emily Crawford had been stabbed in the leg. Austin was indeed stabbed in the chest by his own father. When 13-year-old Candace Crawford tried to stop her father’s rampage, he assaulted and bit the girl and then fled on foot.
Emily Crawford , Austin and Candace had moved in with Emily’s parents recently. The entire family had gotten an order of protection against William Crawford on April 23 due to threats he was making. So basically, Billy Crawford is an abusive asshole who doesn’t like to be told “no”.
Jeff Dalton remained in critical condition as of Sunday night. Candace Crawford is already out of the hospital, and the other family members are reported as being in stable condition. Meanwhile, William Crawford is on the run. Deputies found his Chevy S-10 a mile or so from the crime scene. The gun used has not been recovered, so Crawford is considered armed.
Authorities say that Crawford will face “multiple charges once he’s apprehended”, but that as of Monday morning, the only warrant issued is for attempted first-degree murder. As always, I’ll update as information becomes available.
Update 4/30/08 - Well, he’s caught. Maybe a broken ankle, definitely tired and hungry and thirsty (waahhh), William Crawford was found less than 400 yards from the police field command center for his search. What a moron.
9 responses so far ↓
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What Would Satan Do
Apr 28, 2008 at 10:47 am -He might suck at killing, but they’re gonna have a hard time catching him. I bet he can hear like a motherfucker…Check out those go-go-gadget ears!
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Angel
Apr 28, 2008 at 11:44 am -Well, this guy looks like he’s fourteen fucking years old! Are you sure that’s not a pic of his son? Bubba and Butch are just gonna loooove him in prison. He’s gonna get lots of lovin’. Yup, he’ll definitely be getting shot while he’s incarcerated, just with a biological weapon instead of one like he used on his family.
I’m glad the family are all still alive, and hope the grandfather continues to improve.
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blahblahblah
Apr 28, 2008 at 8:12 pm -at first i thought the story said he bit his daughter on the foot. i had one hell of a mental image going.
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Ruby
Apr 28, 2008 at 8:58 pm -OMG, that’s how I read it this afternoon, too. Was that not what happened? I thought, ok, of course she’s out of the hospital, since he only bit her on the foot. Going back to read more closely now…
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funnymommy
Apr 29, 2008 at 8:16 am -LMAO!!!!
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Hippiepoet
Apr 29, 2008 at 8:39 am -HeeHee
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Angel
Apr 29, 2008 at 4:46 pm -Quick, somebody find out who hijacked Hippie’s account! She posted a comment without a single “fuck”! It must be somebody else pretending to be her…….
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So Jaded
May 1, 2008 at 7:15 am -Got him!!
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8248511
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Angel
May 1, 2008 at 7:55 am -Good! Now they need to give each of the family members he attacked the same weapon(s) he used on them, and let’s just see if their aim with a knife or gun is any better than his was. Let’s not have the little girl bite him though - it might make her sick, as the bastard is obviously poisonous. Why don’t we, instead, get a trained attack dog to take a couple of bites out of him?
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