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Lucius Crawford slaying case: 'This guy really needs help'

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)

After plunging his knife into the leg of a stranger, Lucius Crawford climbed into his bed and pondered the reasons why he kept lashing out at random women on the street.

"I said to myself, 'Are you doing this for fun or you crazy?' " Crawford said. "I said to myself, 'If they catch up with you, you going to get time.' I guess if I had been with somebody, I would not do it, but I always be...

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