Davon Crawford
“Call me, live your life, love it.”
These were the last words of thirty-year-old Lechea Crawford. They appeared in the form of a text message sent to her father, Lamar Arnold, moments after she had been shot during an argument with her husband. During his rampage she had also watched him shoot her sister and every one of her sister’s four young children. Her sister and three of the kids were dead, and very soon it would be Lechea’s turn.
That was the scene in Cleveland, Ohio. It began Thursday night, March 6th, 2009, around 8PM, when a child knocked on his neighbor’s door. He’d been shot and was critically injured, but was still able to tell police what had happened to him.
Apparently, 33-year-old Davon Crawford and Lechea, his wife of just 4 days, got into an argument, and Crawford pulled a semiautomatic handgun and shot her, her sister Rose Stevens, 25, and Rose’s three children: Destiny Woods, 4; and 2-year-old twins Dion and Davion Primm. A fourth child, identified by family members as a 10 year old boy, was wounded and is being treated at MetroHealth Medical Center. Authorities had previously said the victims were one woman and four children.
By the time police arrived on the scene, Crawford was long gone. Cops immediate initiated a massive city-wide search for the killer. The stopped all buses, trains and subways, and deployed both S.W.A.T. and the city’s Gang Unit, but Crawford is still at large at this time.
Crawford’s criminal history shows a man with a long and violent past. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sent to prison for 10 years. He got out, but was later convicted of felonious assault on a domestic related case and returned to jail for another five year bid.
His cousin, Horace Crawford, told reporters that he had spoken to Davon about an hour before the shootings, and that Davon had said that he had recently flunked a drug test and was likely going to be sent back to jail or prison, but he didn’t sound upset enough to turn violent.
Details are still very sketchy, but I will be updating this story as soon as further information is made available. God help the 10-year-old survivor. The last reports list him in critical condition.
Editor’s Note’s: Major thanks to AmeliaBedelia for providing me with much more complete information than I was able to gather when I wrote this article last night, including the correct names and ages of the victims. Her help has been invaluable.
UPDATE: Well, Davon Crawford has taken the coward’s way out. Police just confirmed he was found dead in a Cleveland home earlier today, after they had surrounded the home. They were acting on information that he could be hiding inside. I’ll post more details as they become available.
Should Davon Crawford Burn in Hell?
- Yes (97%, 183 Votes)
- No (3%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 189
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I hope he fights with the police so that they can just kill this bastard and get it over with. What a worthless waste of air. I can’t say much else.
Y the hell is this shit happening more often now a days? I say they need to just line these muther fuckers up and start killing them. To hell with locking them up lets just start offing these arceholes!!
I have a theory as to why this happens more frequently now. I think it is because criminals see other criminals getting away with more and more than they used to… maybe if our criminal justice system stopped being so liberal and compassionate we wouldn’t have things like this happen…BUT, in America, people care more about criminal rights than victim rights IMO..
I think your an asshole for what you said you dont know what happend over there the gun used was her’s the whole suitation is tragic i pray for them every nite more for those baby’s and everyone lost someone they love and he is still human and only GOD can JUDGE Him i really wish people would stop judgeing and let the good lord do it
Who GIVES A FUCK who’s gun it was? Is he not the one who shot those people? I don’t care if she is the one who pulled the gun out first, as you say- if that is the case, he could have walked out the door once he got the gun from her- instead of shooting a bunch of babies. Your friend here lost his right to be called a human when he decided to kill this woman and her children. Again- you asked me a little further down what bible I have been reading- probably the same one you have heard of, I just try a little harder to understand what it is saying. Especially about judgement, since that is a popular topic around here. Everyone here has the right to their opinion, but it’s a damn shame that you call people assholes because they have a problem with people that murder children.
What happened to the good old days when after an argument you only beat your wife and children.
Are you kidding me? It’s okay to beat a woman just so long as you don’t kill her? That frame of mind is almost as revolting as that of the slime that committed these murders. You should be ashamed of yourself for even posting such a comment!
That’s really vile. Beating your wife and children is very low. Anyone who does that deserves to rot in Hell.
I’m guessing that was sarcastic humor. At least, that’s how I took it.
Of course it was meant to be sarcastic….its stormy weathers post.
Looks like the Honeymoon’s over.
lmao!…..that’s so wrong brother.
I cant believe this scum lived 2 blocks from me. I hope he does put up a fight, those kids never deserved this but he sure as hell does. The messed up thing we were coming in the house around the time this all started and my family decided to “lock down” our house to keep me and my brother safe. WE HAVE NEVER FELT THIS UNSAFE. This is the good part of the bad neborhood. We have been poor our whole lives but never seen anything like this. I hope the Gods themself take vengance on this one….
Sorry to hear that your area got hit by mass murder. I saw it in the news. Five people died, including three children. Sick bastard!
i don’t wish for him to get killed, i wish for him to live a long, long long time in a small prison cell somewhere, hopefully in soletary confinement where he can slowly lose his mind….
Sad excuse of a human.
Cowardly bastard. I will never get how someone can just blow away children that way. I hope that he resists arrest or something, please let the cops have a reason to kill this pos. That poor womans family, I can’t imagine losing so many people like that, in such a sudden and vicious matter. Maybe this bastard will do us a favor and killl himself.
It is sad because two sisters and their children are dead. Think about the grieving family. What scum of the Earth does this????????? I hope he rots in the darkest layer of Hell.
heres an article with a little more detailed information:
http://news.aol.com/article/cleveland-shooting-family-killed/372230
Thank you AmeliaBedelia. I’ll add those detail to my story right away.
This bastard should have still been in jail.
To those who don’t want him kiiled so he can have a long miserable rest of his life, if he was kiiled when he committed the FIRST voluntary manslaughter, then this would have NEVER happened. Looks like 10 years (if he actually served that much time) taught him nothing.
Execute this POS Now, else he’s gonna be a danger to the guards, other inmates (who may be in for minor infractions) and maybe to society should he get out in 50 years….
first of all you dont know what happened in 1995 he was at a girls house her boyfriend and his boys kicked the door in and beat him half to death when he was able to look up they were passing around a gun trying to figure out who was going to shoot him he grabbed the gun defending himself that’s when joesph was killed and the charge was INVOLINTARY MAN SLAUGHTER same as self defense the news will say whatever i wish this whole thing would have never happened
Sherri, learn to spell involuntary. It makes my brain hurt to try and read the drivel you thought made sense when you posted it.
June 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“first oveall shes not a bitch love is blind lets just hope you dont fall in love with someone that will blow your brains out”
June 24, 2009 at 2:23 pm
“what bible you reading you need to go back and read the bible and little that you know she put the gun to his head first thats when everything went south”
Make up your mind whose side you are on. Are you defending Davon or Lechea? And how would you know if she put the gun to his head first? Were you there? If not, keep your mouth shut and if you have any respect for God’s word, you will capitalize the word Bible. Heathen
I feel so awful for all of those poor babies. I do want to say here why would you marry someone that had gone to prison for assault and have children with them. I feel bad for all of these children. They were so innocent.
Not just assault, but manslaughter. I’m with ya, Lewbell… I don’t think I would risk exposing my children to that kind of person. Certianly not saying that this woman deserved this, but I just wouldn’t risk it. Those poor babies. I will never understand why these guys won’t just leave. What is it that makes them feel the need to blow away an entire family. I hope they find him soon. Preferably hanging from a ceiling fan by his neck.
There is no doubt! Those poor kids. God bless the 10 year old. Shit like this makes me sick. I hope he ends up as roadkill.
I believe that if he ask God for forgiveness then he will be forgiven. I do not like what he has done but I am to forgive everyone point blank!!
You’re a forgiving man. Much too forgiving. Imagine this happening to your loved ones and tell me if you’d be so forgiving?
jason is right tito if u knew any thing about the bible you would know that you are suppose to forgive not saying you will forget if you had the lord in your heart you would know that
Well, jason, I just spoke to God, and He told me that when He said that, He didn’t have people like Davon Crawford in mind. He told me I don’t have to forgive Davon, and He’s having a hard time with it Himself. You see, you pompous ass, God may forgive all sins but He really hates baby killers.
God does NOT forgive all sins. God forgivs only those who TRUELY repent. Hands up who knows the definition of the word repent? The dictionary gives this meaning : To feel self reproach, compunction, or contrition for past conduct; to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one’s life for the better;
I dont see how Davon can TRUELY repent in that he changes his life for the better when he is a HUGE fucking coward who took his own life rather than face the consequences of his actions.( then again, him being dead is definately for the better)
And who the hell marries a man who is not only on probation, but is also gonna fail a drug test? I guess there is no accounting for some womens taste.
your are a crazy asshole and probally a devil worshiper go read the bible lame
It’s beginning to be very apparent that reading comprehension is a skill you lack, Sherri.
Forgiveness has to be earned and this guy has not repented one bit. And yes God hates baby killers.
FORGIVENESS IS NOT EARNED. NONE OF KNOW IF HE REPENTED. DON’T PASS SO MUCH JUDGEMENT. WE FORGIVE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH OURSELVES NOT WITH THOSE WHO HURT US. I WISH THAT HE HADN’T TAKEN HIS LIFE I WISH THAT HE WAS CAPTURED, SO THAT HE COULD BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE.
You feel free to forgive him, and then STFU while we all hate on him. Because you are retarded. Seriously.
This bastard killed FIVE people including babies. There is no forgiveness for that. And if you seriously think that God means for YOU to forgive him, then you really just don’t have a clue. God may forgive him – that’s God’s job. But our job down here on earth is to keep society safe. And we can’t do that by forgiving the criminals. We do that by frying them, or at least locking them up for as long as we can.
Jason, your imaginary friend is of no relevance in this conversation. I’m a taxpayer and I’m tired of paying out for this particular waste of carbon, simple as that. An habitual, ultra-violent criminal is not worth expending our limited resources on when we should be building schools and bringing good jobs back to the area for the decent folk in that beleaguered neighborhood. I’m more than happy to pay taxes for *those* efforts, but for housing and feeding this meatsack for an indefinite period? Not so much.
AG – I couldn’t agree more.
Why would that dumb bitch marry this guy? After he is dead, there will be a few less stupid people in this world.
While i think you may be a troll, I have to agree with you to a point. (If you are not a troll, I apologize).
When will women wise up and realize that these vermin criminal scumballs are NOT good men? They are NOT good husbands. They are NOT good fathers. They are NOT good providers. And they treat their women like shit, to boot. What is it? Do they fuck so good that the women will take all the crap for a good roll? Hell most of them are players on top of everything else, so the wife is going to be sleeping with half the women in the neighborhood through her man.
May she and her family rest in peace, and may someone learn a lesson from this, so at least their deaths won’t have been in vain.
first oveall shes not a bitch love is blind lets just hope you dont fall in love with someone that will blow your brains out
Wow. I just dont understand these people who view their significant others and children as property which they are entitled to bump off. It is a large planet. You would likely never have to see anyone again if you left the situation. Instead, fucktard decides to kill everyone. I feel terrible for that young boy and I hope that he is getting the services that he needs in attempts to recover psychologically and medically from what has happened to him. This ass deserves hell right now.
WTF? Did she go into this marriage with a death wish? By 33 years old, Davon had already served 15 years in prison for manslaughter and a domestic assault… and yet Lechea thought he was husband material? Talk about being blinded by love and in complete denial… too bad her family didn’t either try (or if they did, they weren’t successful) at keeping her from even dating this psycho from the beginning. I can’t imagine shooting children… toddlers… that takes a special monster.
best belive he’s dead now because he could live with what he did to those babys
Update: Homes has saved the taxpayers money and taken care of business his own self. Committed suicide when surrounded by the po-lices.
Woohoo! Now if only assholes like this will learn to take themselves out *first*. I mean, they put themselves first throughout the rest of their lives; is it so much to ask for a little frickin’ consistency?
Thanks for the info Johnny99 – I’ll update the story once I confirm that.
HE HAS SHOT HIMSELF. IT’S OVER.
POST UPDATED
6:00PM EST
DAVON CRAWFORD FOUND DEAD
See story for details. Thanks to Johnny99 for the tip.
Adios cucarcacha!
Good fucking riddance. One less person for us to support for the next 50+ years.
Yep – Hope he’s enjoying the weather down there. Little pussy didn’t have any problems shooting a pair of 2-year olds, but he couldn’t face having to answer for it. He went like he lived – a fucking coward to the fucking end. I think I would have felt better if it was the police who blew his fucking head off, but when he ran it was because he knew he couldn’t man up for what he did – he planned on getting away or dying in the attempt.
Fuck Davon Crawford. Anyone who has any pity for this piece of shit is a God Damn fool, and anyone who thinks he deserves forgiveness is an even bigger God Damn fool. The only thing Crawford has earned is a one way ticket to the nether regions, with accommodations there for all fucking eternity.
This dickhole was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1995, served five years and then got out (5 years for killing someone!). 2 years later he was back in jail for domestic assault. In 2005 a judged released him after he PROMISED to be good. (Hey – he took parenting classes and anger management classes in jail – he was safe to walk the streets, right?)
We need to seriously keep this kind of scum off the streets. If he was behind bars, where he deserved to be, this tragedy would not have happened. Someone should sue the fucking judge.
your an asshole go blow your own head off go read the bible and get god in your life you dont know if he’s in hell send me a e mail when you get to hell and let me know if he’s there
Now had she taken a moment to look for a date on my site, then this wouldn’t of happened… Sorry, Max… Couldn’t resist the plug…
Now on to Davon… Are we sure he killed himself? This cock fucker could be just playing dead… Maybe he just took some drugs to slow his heart and shit way down… I say we go over to the morgue and begin to do our own autopsy…
Now where did I put that battery acid?
haha – The do it yourself autopsy kit? Sounds like it could be an old SNL skit, lol.
I hope the kit comes with vice grips and a ball peen hammer.
That would be needle nosed vice grips Mazzi… Gotta make sure they can grab hold…
I like the way you think. (Now THERE’s a scary thought!)
4 days after being married! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!! Semi-automatic?!
OK…..pump the brakes!
Did this woman know a completely different man before all this happened? How did she NOT know he was a killer?! Damn, she is one of those women who likes the bad boys. I get asked all the time, why do women like bad boys? I, honestly, never know what to say to that. There’s no way she is to blame for what he did to those children but obviously this man had a temper. Temper so bad he became a threat to the ppl around him…scary. She was on a death wish. Horrible to say but she put herself in that situation. And he deserves all he is getting.
First off peopel are saying so much stuff no one knows what happened! they are all victims. My bff was the ex-wife who had him locked up in 2002. She was taken in for questioning behind all this. She has a 7yr old with him plus he has a 14 yr old from a previous relationship, then he left behind 2 mo old and also an unborn baby! What about the children of him they are victims and why don’t some of us think before we speak we say he ia an animal, scum of thearth etc… His children are old enough to surf the web and read! He had a very good relationship with his children. yes he did a wrong thing a very bad thing but we are not God as it says in the bible judge not less ye be judged. God is handling him. We don’t know if God forgave him if he asked for forgiveness before he took his life or what. My heart goes out to the children who are now fatherless and motherless and the ones that are laid to rest! What about the mothers who have to endure this pain. Davon was an only child and his mother will only have her grandchilren to hug and hold to remember him, just like the sisters are gone and the mother & father only have the grandchilren to hug and hold. The children are the real victims. All of you need prayer to earn to let God handle his business! Say what the hell you want behind this comment but I know more about the whole situation then most of you! I am very close to my bff and I have talked to the child that was in the home when it happened! So you all need to just sit back and just pray for the chilrens well being that their frame of mind is not like their fathers. But the children have read alot of the post on diffrent pages and it hurts them very much. So be more thoughtful that these kids are teenagers that surf the web and do actually read more then we think they do! They feel judged as well!
I just have to say, Diva- the only person to blame here is Davon. He is the one to blame for any pain those children are going through- not the people that comment on his crimes. It does not matter to me how much you know about this case. I know that he killed five people-including someones SMALL CHILDREN- and then killed himself. That is all I need to know. While I feel terrible for he remaining children of this monster, it’s because of what their father has done that is affecting their lives. Not people commenting on a message board. These kids are going to have a hard time in life, and I hope that they get the support that they will need. Again- support they need because of DAVON’S ACTIONS. Perhaps I sound a little callous when I say that the ‘real victims’ here are the ones that were murdered. By Davon. By the way- save the judge not BS for someone else. Read that bible a little harder, and you’ll get down to the nitty gritty when it comes to judgement and forgiveness.
what bible you reading you need to go back and read the bible and little that you know she put the gun to his head first thats when everything went south
I wrote this article, and I resent the hell out of the tone of your comment. Maybe Davon should have thought of his kid’s feelings before he pumped God knows how many bullets into 4 innocent children. He chose to live the life of a career violent felon. How dare you come here and try and pass the blame onto us for the pain and guilt his kids are feeling and will continue to feel. I pity his surviving children, but none of us told Davon to shoot anyone, and if you want to know the truth, I would have gladly taken the rounds for any one of those little ones. So fuck you and your bff. People like you make me sick. You never want their loved one to accept the responsibility for their actions and have a litany of excuses on why they shouldn’t have to. Well, that’s why this website is here – to say “No! That’s nonsense! We’re not going to let you get away with that weak shit.” So go ahead, and call you bff and tell each other this “poor Davon and his kids” line of garbage if it makes you feel better, but don’t waste your time coming here, because you’ll get it shoved right back in your face.
Rock on!
Yeah he had a GREAT relationsip with his kids. I know mine just giggle with glee when i get all violent and blast the crap outta them!!! You are such an ass. As for this situation, well you may know a lot about it, but you know shit all about God and forgiveness and prayer. God does not forgive all. Your no Diva either…more of a Dodo…
Sucks that the kids are hurting, but I’m not the piece of shit that killed 4 kids. My saying Davon is a worthless piece of shit doesn’t make him a worthless piece of shit. He is a worthless piece of shit because he’s a criminal, because he killed those kids.
Sorry if I don’t sound sympathetic – I am. I genuinely feel sorry for any kid who’s father lets him down.
But the bottom line is he killed people – he’s the one that let his kids down.
I’m glad he’s dead – I’m glad he’s in the ground where he can’t hurt anyone anymore. The world and his kids are better off without him.
I hate to say this…I really do.
Why. Do people who get in trouble; or people defending people who are in trouble automatically find god?
It never fails; someone in jail–suddenly finds god and has changed their ways.
Their family suddenly know AND quote bible quotes.
Why the hell didnt they focus on their relationship with god (sorry about the blasphemy there) prior to killing, raping, maiming, robbing, or whatever. I hate fake christians/catholics/baptists/protestants/etc, etc. The only reason theyre suddenly faithful is because they got caught and they think theyre going to be spared.
Whichever one of his followers is up there in the comments quoting bible verses and such needs to find the verse about suicide. This coward didnt even need to feign a rebirth, he knew it wouldnt work. So go spew your “word” somewhere else to someone who is dumb enough to fall for it.
at times like this i wish i wasnt 20 mins away from cleveland that place is a hell hole.
This was a tragic case and my heart breaks for all of the victims, especially those babies. May God be with all of the victims families and i hope the survivors get professional help to deal with the trauma.
Man this is rediculous… The best part of this peice of shit ran down his mom’s leg and stained the fukin sheet…. He was a load that should of been swallowed(and I hope his kids read this) if they are smart enough to surf the web then they are smart enough to know that daddy was a piece of shit that was useless… I pray that the families of this get some sort of grip or closer from this — how i do not know… Just know that the enemy is burning his ass up everyday in hell……… Hope ya like the weather down there Asshole Crawford…………….
For everyone of you judgemental hypocrites, I suggest you do a lot of soul searching. No one was there to know what happened. All of these people were my family, and I mourn the loss of all 6 of them. This was a senseless act, I agree. I also know that God is the ultimate judge and who can say whether Davon repented or not? Where you there in those last moments? Just like the person who made the comment about his kids should see these blogs… What type of heartless fool are you? Don’t you think they’ve suffered enough? 2 of his children were in the home at the time. A 13 year old boy who ran out of the house and a 2 month old baby girl. Our familly is really struggling to put the pieces back together. Yes, I forgive him and I will always love him inspite of the terrible thing he did at the end of his life. My Bible tells me that we should walk in love and forgive. You claim to be God fearing, so what makes you think you can pick and choose what part of the Bible you want to abide by? And Sherri… I’m with you. But stop wasting your time on these mindless idiots who have nothing better to do with their lives! Denny
1st I’m not the Jason immediately above your post.
2nd, read all of Matthew before you try to use only Matthew 7:1-2
Should be:
“Were you there in those last moments?”
You have a few dozen other mistakes as well.
You hypocrite, remove the plank from your own eye before you… well you get the rest. If you’ve actually read the bible yourself, you’d know better.
Start with grief, understand that there are bad people in this world and that the goal is actually for this to never occur again. By condemning this sin, we hope to make sure anyone else who would consider this route, would consider the modern day “parable” and learn from his mistakes. Christ over and over again expects us to be practical and forgiving. When he’s assessed a tax, rather than risk his ministry ending early, he instructs a follower to catch a fish and use the gold coins inside to pay both his tax and that of his follower. There’s a need for judges and justice even in the time of Christ, but hopefully there’s also a time when we need no worldly judges.
For the record, Jason…. I was NOT quoting the Bible when I made that statement. I was asking the people who are quick to judge a hypothetical question. “Were you there in those last moments?” (there was a typo)
Secondly, I will say again that this was a senseless act. I in no way condone nor am I trying to justify his actions. It was horrible, I agree. I am merely indicating that everyone lost in this one. I loved them all and I miss all of them.
Lastly, my point is to say that I understand that everyone has an opinion about everything. I would have never even posted a response, but I just felt that the person who mentioned the surviving children took things to a different level. I have neither the desire nor the inclination to debate with people who don’t have all the facts. Only God can condemn a soul to hell. Like I said, He is the ultimate Judge.
For the record then, Miss D…
You were paraphrasing the Bible. Use in my context, implies citation which can be inference, direct quote or paraphrase. Later you stress only God can condemn a soul, and I disagree, God granted us free will so that we can condemn ourselves and God can condemn us. This is a theological debate we can have all day, but we’re given eyes to see and to make choices. We’re not supposed to ignore the actions of others, nor are we supposed to give up on this world. There are troubles of men we’re expected to judge and consider.
It’s difficult to avoid “justifying the crime” when you attempt to protect from condemnation, the criminal. Hell is supposed to be a place for those who do not know God and the Devil(the Devil gets to leave after 1000 years btw, an often missed point). Fear of Hell is supposed to help protect us from people who have less than secure consciences.
To your last point, you do not have all of the facts, why then should we consider your opinion in any way conclusive, educated, or useful? The facts required for condemnation in this case is that this thing that wore a man’s skin killed other human beings. The argument for his protections under common discourse pale in comparison to the need to vilify him for what he did. It is an atrocious act that needs to be a defining line. Discard the religion for a moment and consider what it takes to divide the human race from the predators that kill human beings. You and I presumably don’t kill people. We get to stay in this community of human beings. We allow for certain people to kill in extreme circumstances, but if Davon had lived, how could we ever trust Davon with another human life? We can’t know all of the “facts” inside his skull at the moment to moment, breath and heartbeats that time his life, but we can know that he presented a pattern of violence that cost us warm bodies and left us cold ones. These weren’t people holding a gun to his head. These weren’t people who could physically overpower him. Think about this from the instinctual level that ever man in our species is supposed to feel when he hears about a man killing a woman and children? I’m a functional human, adult male. I’m supposed to stab things that do this or might do this with the pointy end of a stick. It’s hundreds of thousands of years of heritage and genetic memory and basic human survival combined with a spiritual and psychological understanding of the costs of crimes like these. In a cost analysis, in the raw deal of it all, if you could have been there and shot Davon before he killed those babies, would you have really discussed the biblical implications of his social damnation in the eyes of everyone on the outside before you pulled that trigger?
I mean, on one side you can save babies and on the other you can save his what…. his hurt feelings?
I mean, I’ve gone all “educated” on the language here, but what the fuck?
Really, it’s time for grown up words, what in the fuck can I possibly think of you when you want to defend his image, when what it really boils down to you doing is feeling bad about people talking some trash on the internet about someone who kills babies!
Have you looked at that picture for a few minutes, looked into his eyes and just said, “Fuck you, you selfish egotistical bastard, why the fuck did you kill those babies you worthless piece of shit!”
It’s what he deserves. All of the apple polishing in this world won’t make what he did good. If he found redemption moments before he died, well bully, freaking tree frogs for him, but those babies did not deserve it. If we agree on nothing else, can we at least get there?
Jason…. I can appreciate your opinion, and since we’re using “adult words” just like assholes, everyone has an opinion.
You stated “These weren’t people holding a gun to his head.” That is only partly true. Keisha,aka, Lechea, did hold a gun to his head on 3-5-2009… this being the 3rd time. I will say once again that it doesn’t excuse how he reacted. When I mentioned “the facts” it was because no one ever mentioned the fact that Davon while incarcerated had been diagnosed with bi-polarism. Upon his release, he was no longer treated for the disorder and we (the family) remained unaware until this awful tragedy unfolded. Perhaps this is why he couldn’t just walk away this last time. ONLY GOD KNOWS!!!!
Those babies were innocent, and they didn’t deserve this. I am not defending his actions, and I don’t want to argue about it. I have known him for his whole life and I know this is something that NO ONE could have ever predicted. Things look so simple in black and white. And I will go back to my original point. Condemnation is the judgement of The Father and He alone….. Yes, the act committed is deplorable… But God is the ultimate Judge. There are a lot of “facts”that didn’t make the news. That is the reason why I made the comments. I don’t know you, you don’t know me, and I don’t wish any tragedy like this to ever directy effect your life as it has mine. God bless you, Jason.
And just to be clear… I was never quoting nor paraphrasing the Bible when I made the statement. Those were my own words. I was asking a hypothetical question. I thought that I clarified that in my earlier response.
And personally, I don’t care what you think of me. You’ve expressed your opinion and I’ve expressed mine. At the end of the day, I still deal with the fact that 6 people that I loved and cared for are no longer here. We can go on and on.
I have expressed numerous times that I’m not trying to justify his actions. I only felt the need to address the comments when someone mentioned the children that are still here. Yes, I realize that this is all the direct result of Davon’s actions. Just like they felt it was okay to display such ignorance, I felt the need to respond with intelligence. You cannot understand how painful this whole situation has been. It’s easy to sit at home on your computer and cast judgement. Try walking in the shoes of the ones who are still living through this. God Bless
You’re failing. You don’t even realize what your motivations are. Get a grip that you’re in the denial stage of grief. Until you can look at Davon’s picture, and truly hate him for what he did, and only then move on with your life, can you come to grips with this. There is a time to hate. Hating baby murder is a reasonable and reasoned response to this situation, black, white, red or more.
You cannot know what is in my heart, nor can I know yours. I understand pain. I don’t understand or excuse irrationality in the face of reason. Face what you have, figure out how to be better.
It’s easier to know that someone who murders babies is wrong.
Try walking in the shoes of the people who never want this to happen to them and want to instill in anyone who might do something like that, a real and powerful fear of the consequences even unto death. It’s not a selfish act to “judge” in this perspective.
Jason’s got you number, doesn’t he? Don’t feel bad, he does that to every phony who comes here trying to deny us our right to express our pain and our anger, or to silence the people who won’t let what Davon Crawford did just fade away. You say you’re mourning Davon’s six victims – Good, go and do that. We’re going to continue doing our best to make sure no one forgets what he did to Lechea, Rose and Rose’s three children: Destiny, Dion and Davion (none of whom were older than 4, I might add).
That’s what this website is all about; the victims. If a few people choose to use us as a place to vent their anger at an act that was so cowardly and heinous that even Davon couldn’t live with what he did, that I say more power to them. Your mistake was coming to PYSIH in the first place, and your second mistake was criticizing us for reacting as any other group of human beings would. The facts of this case aren’t going to change, our reaction to it isn’t going to change, and those six innocent people aren’t coming back, so your best bet at this point is to give yourself a break and stop coming here.
Jason, “You cannot know what is in my heart, nor can I know yours.” Your words, so how can you try to tell me what my motivations are? You respond to what you think you can debate and you’re completely off center. My statement was to the people who made the comment about the surviving children. This is the third time I have said this. I am definately not in denial. I have expressed several times what he did was wrong. As a matter of fact the adjective I used was “deplorable” in my last comment. When did I ever say that what he did wasn’t wrong? None of my statements have been irrational. It seems to me that you just like to hear yourself speak or see your words in black and white. You try to dissect everything I say and find fault in it. I’ve said nothing wrong. If you can find fault in a well adjusted, reasonable and rational point of view, then that’s your problem, not mine.
Max, read the previous comments and you’ll see that your statement has no relevance to what my intentions are. I stated that I understand that everyone has an opinion and a right to express it. Including myself. I could care less about the ignorant statements that were made prior to the person who mentioned the children that are still here. (4th time)
No. Jason does not have my number. Nothing about me is phony. You talk of the victims as if I don’t know who they are. THEY WERE MY FAMILY. I knew Keisha (Lechea), Rose, Davion and Dion and Destinee (correct spelling) personally. They came to my home. I went to theirs. My children played with them. We spent holidays together.
I never once tried to deny anyone the right to express their “pain”. This tragedy has effected my life personally so I know first hand about the “pain” that is the result of this tragedy. So in conclusion, the only reason I ever made a statement was in response to a comment made regarding the surviving children.(5th time) That’s it.
I’m glad this horrible man is off the streets for good, finally. A man who committed voluntary manslaughter, fired a gun in a small room where his wife and children sat, then severely abused his wife should not have been given the chance to even be in that house where he killed those poor women and children. Unfortunately our legal system, which was meant to give rights to the innocent, now gives murderers and abusers the ability to commit terrible crimes and get away with it. This man deserved to die, but not the way he did. Taking his own life was the easy way out. He should have stoned to death, or killed slowly by firing squad. He didn’t deserve a quick, easy death. He will most certainly burn in hell, right along with the worst of them.