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Crawford indicted in '93 Bronx cold case murder

Mount Vernon police crime scene investigators work to

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Mount Vernon police crime scene investigators work to gather evidence from the basement apartment at 7 Beekman Ave. in Mount Vernon, the residence of murder suspect Lucius Crawford, left. (Dec. 5, 2012)

Accused killer Lucius Crawford was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in a 19-year-old cold case after DNA evidence linked him to the crime, the Bronx district attorney's office said.

Crawford, 60, was arrested Dec. 4 after cops found the body of his girlfriend, 41-year-old Tanya Simmons, stabbed to death and left on the bed in Crawford's cramped Mount Vernon apartment.

The discovery...

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