Kin of Mt. Vernon slay victim Tanya Simmons call for justice
Photo credit: Mount Vernon Police Department | Lucius Crawford, 60, who was arraigned in the fatal stabbing of 42-year-old Tanya Simmons of Mount Vernon, has confessed to at least two other slayings and has a decades-long criminal record that includes a five-day spree in which he was convicted of knifing four women, police said. (Dec. 5, 2012)
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Hours after laying her to rest, the family of Tanya Simmons called for justice for the Mount Vernon woman, who was found stabbed to death in alleged serial killer Lucius Crawford's apartment last week.
Relatives gathered in the home of Simmons' grandmother, the Mount Vernon home where the 41-year-old Simmons grew up. Muslim members of the family wore traditional mourning scarves, and others...
