Whale-ista - 3-3-2018 at 06:52 PM
Suspect arrested in killing of elderly U.S. citizen
in Bahía de los Angeles
By Sandra Dibble MARCH 3, 2018, 5:25 PM
Baja California law enforcement authorities have caught a suspect in the killing of a 75-year-old U.S. citizen who was found beaten to death in
January in the community of Bahía de Los Angeles.
The victim, Charles Lewis Crabtree, had been a part-time resident of the picturesque fishing town on the Gulf of California. Members of the tight-knit
U.S. expatriate community were shocked by his death.
According to authorities, Crabtree’s body was found on the ground outside a trailer on the afternoon of January 8 at Campos Amigo, a camping and RV
park north of town where the victim had been living.
In a statement Saturday, the Baja California Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of a 28-year-old suspect identified only as “Gabriel
N.” The statement said that he had been captured by ministerial police in Bahía de los Angeles about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Investigators said that the victim had been standing outside a motor home when the suspect struck him repeatedly with a hammer on his head and body.
The victim’s corpse was found by a friend hours later at the same location, authorities said.
The authorities offered no motive for the killing.
The suspect remained in custody on Saturday, pending a hearing on Wednesday, when a judge will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to hold him
for trial.
sandra.dibble@sduniontribune.com @sandradibble
drzura - 3-10-2018 at 07:17 AM
Any idea of what the motive was? So sad.....
Alm - 3-12-2018 at 05:23 PM
With a town that small, establishing the facts is easier than discussing it openly.
AFAIK, it's a (mostly) deserted camp with no tourists and 3 trailers/cabins - the deceased, a retired couple 100-150ft away, and the camp owner's
brother about same distance.