WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A man who has been attacking women with knives for decades – and has spent half his life in prison as a result – is unlikely to get out again.
Lucius Crawford, 61, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life for stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2012 – a killing discovered by chance by investigators who wanted to question Crawford in two other fatal stabbings.
Transcripts made public before the trial included Crawford telling police he stabbed women for no reason, usually when high and after sex: “I have a demon inside me and I just snap.”
“You stab one, stab ’em all,” he said, according to the transcripts. “Kill once, you’ll kill again.”
Westchester County Court Judge Barbara Zambelli imposed the maximum sentence, and said it was her responsibility to keep the gray-bearded Crawford behind bars for the rest of his life.