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Lucius Crawford's lawyer: Mental disability report could nix murder confessions

Originally published: December 13, 2012 1:28 PM
Updated: December 13, 2012 4:15 PM
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com

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)

Alleged serial killer Lucius Crawford was found by mental health doctors to be "at a mild mentally retarded level" nearly 40 years ago after he went on a stabbing rampage of five women in South Carolina, according to court records from the case.

That finding will be used to challenge the legality of confessions he made to police after he was charged last week with stabbing a woman to death...

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