Source: No evidence links Lucius Crawford to Gilgo murders

Originally published: December 5, 2012 1:06 PM
Updated: December 5, 2012 9:36 PM
By KEITH HERBERT AND ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO anthony.destefano@newsday.com,keith.herbert@newsday.com

Photo credit: Handout, Kevin P. Coughlin, 2010 | Lucius Crawford, 60, of Mount Vernon, does not appear to have had "any involvement" with the Gilgo Beach murders, Suffolk police said. (Dec. 5, 2012)

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Suffolk County police Wednesday downplayed the possibility that a Westchester County man who confessed to fatally stabbing three women, including two in the early 1990s, could be the person responsible for the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island.

The arrest of parolee Lucius Crawford, 60, of Mount Vernon, thrust Long Island's serial killer case into the spotlight Wednesday when New York City...

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