May 22, 2016 1 killed, suspect guilty Murder of Gay Salt Lake City Restaurateur John Williams cause: brain injury Craig Crawford was estranged gay husband of Salt Lake City restaurant owner John Williams. He set fire to the stairs of Williams's home leaving no escape, and was sentenced to life without parole for arson murder. Crawford's mother says that Crawford had a 2012 ski accident and believes that he had an undiagnosed closed head injury that caused him to use and get addicted to methamphetamine.
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Murder of Salt Lake city restaurateur John Williams Aug 31, 2017 sentence: Life without parole ordered for man in arson murder of restaurateur KSL.com Third District Judge James Blanch said his decision was based on Craig Crawford's deliberate acts and apparent premeditation as he set fire to the ..., in the years before the May 2016 murder, Crawford had become paranoid, destructive, accusatory and violent, often speaking of people who didn't exist or seeing things that weren't there. Experts debated the timing and repercussions of damage found in Crawford's brain, which his attorneys say was caused by a skiing accident. The brain injury, they argued, pushed Crawford to self-medicate through methamphetamine and drove him to psychosis. Salt Lake City Craig Crawford's deliberate acts and apparent premeditation as he set fire to the stairs of his estranged husband's Capitol Hill home last year, leaving him with no escape. Barbara Crawford said her son had always been a loving, intelligent and motivated person, until the skiing accident in 2012.After a year of recovery for an injured leg, combined with pain medication and what his family believes was an undiagnosed closed head injury, Crawford began using methamphetamine, becoming quickly addicted.
- 'An extremely cruel way to kill a person': Man gets life without parole for www.sltrib.com death of John Williams, a well-known restaurateur, devastated so many, ... shape the Salt Lake City dining scene and was a supporter of Utah's ... judge ordered Crawford, 48, to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his 72-year-old husband, Williams’ family members spoke about the hard-working man who helped shape the Salt Lake City dining scene and was a supporter of Utah’s LGBT community.
- 'psychotic' when he started house fire that killed his husband sltrib Aug 28, 2017 - Craig Crawford has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and aggravated arson in May 2016 death of Salt Lake City restaurateur John Williams.
- Husband sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of SLC ... fox13now SALT LAKE CITY -- Craig Crawford was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for the murder of his husband, 72-year-old restaurant owner and philanthropist John Williams. The sentence of life without parole was handed down Thursday by Judge James Blanch of Utah's Third ...
- Husband pleads guilty to killing SLC restaurant owner and ... - Fox 13 Jun 27, 2017 - SALT LAKE CITY - A Salt Lake City man pleaded guilty to killing his 72-year-old Crawford admitted he started the fire back on May 22, 2016, knowing Williams was inside.
- Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Husband by Setting House Fire people Jun 28, 2017 - Craig Crawford, 48, admitted starting the fire at the four-story house he ... A Salt Lake City, Utah man could be sentenced to life in prison next ...
- Unsealed filings in restaurateur's death detail his fears of estranged ...deseretnews Jan 22, 2017 - Craig A. Crawford is charged with aggravated murder in the arson death of ... SALT LAKE CITY — In the weeks before he died, prominent Utah ...
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