Webin january 1993, four days before his trial for the unrelated charges of aggravated assault and rape was set to begin, charles crawford broke into the home of kristy ray,. A jury sentenced him to death in april 1994, but legal wranglings over the. Webmar 12, 1998 · charles ray crawford was indicted in the circuit court of tippah county, mississippi, on september 23, 1993, for the murder of kristy d.

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