Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Murder of Gay Salt Lake City Restaurateur John Williams

Murder of Gay Salt Lake City Restaurateur John Williams --- ===

May 22, 2016 1 killed, suspect guilty Murder of Gay Salt Lake City Restaurateur John Williams cause: brain injury Craig Crawford was estranged gay husband of Salt Lake City restaurant owner John Williams. He set fire to the stairs of Williams's home leaving no escape, and was sentenced to life without parole for arson murder. Crawford's mother says that Crawford had a 2012 ski accident and believes that he had an undiagnosed closed head injury that caused him to use and get addicted to methamphetamine.

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  • arson
  • domestic violence
  • drug addiction
  • lgbt suspect 
  • lgbt victim
  • mental illness
  • meth
  • utah location


Murder of Salt Lake city restaurateur John Williams Aug 31, 2017 sentence:  Life without parole ordered for man in arson murder of restaurateur  KSL.com Third District Judge James Blanch said his decision was based on Craig Crawford's deliberate acts and apparent premeditation as he set fire to the ..., in the years before the May 2016 murder, Crawford had become paranoid, destructive, accusatory and violent, often speaking of people who didn't exist or seeing things that weren't there.  Experts debated the timing and repercussions of damage found in Crawford's brain, which his attorneys say was caused by a skiing accident. The brain injury, they argued, pushed Crawford to self-medicate through methamphetamine and drove him to psychosis. Salt Lake City  Craig Crawford's deliberate acts and apparent premeditation as he set fire to the stairs of his estranged husband's Capitol Hill home last year, leaving him with no escape.  Barbara Crawford said her son had always been a loving, intelligent and motivated person, until the skiing accident in 2012.After a year of recovery for an injured leg, combined with pain medication and what his family believes was an undiagnosed closed head injury, Crawford began using methamphetamine, becoming quickly addicted.

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