Ep. 157 - It’s Always the Devil: The Murder of David Crawford

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In April 1996, 17-year-old David Crawford went for a walk on the railroad tracks near Sparta, Michigan. That day, he met another teenage boy during his walk, 16-year-old Federico “Kiko” Cruz. No one could predict the darkness waiting inside Kiko, or the horrors he’d film himself committing. 

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https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=261275

https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2000/20000128-c209273-0079-209273-opn.html 

https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-order/2023/364089.html 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/1996-teen-killer-again-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/man-who-was-a-minor-when-he-killed-and-beheaded-a-teen-gets-shorter-sentence/ 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/man-who-beheaded-teen-in-1996-resentenced/ 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/man-who-killed-beheaded-teen-near-sparta-apologizes-has-life-sentence-reduced/ 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/man-who-killed-beheaded-teen-near-sparta-apologizes-has-life-sentence-reduced/ 

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/crime/savage-butchery-of-teens-1996-beheading-warrants-life-in-prison-judge-rules/69-612350195 

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/satan-inspired-beheading-committed-as-teen-brings-killer-back-for-resentencing/69-611509091 

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