Holly Crawford guilty of murder

Last updated: September 23, 2015 - 3:32pm


WILKES-BARRE – After two days of deliberation, a jury has declared Holly Crawford guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder.

Crawford, 40, Sweet Valley, and then boyfriend James Edward Roche, 33, are accused of gunning down and killing Ronald Evans, 73, and son Jeffrey Evans, 43, at their Hunlock Township home in April 2014. Roche will face trial at a later date.

We'll have a full story on the verdict in Thursday's Press Enterprise.

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