Fatal Stabbing Under Investigation
Posted/updated on: January 26, 2013 at 7:48 am
MARSHALL — A Marshall teenager is in custody following the Wednesday night stabbing death of his stepfather, William Ashley Alford, 39. According to the Longview News-Journal, the youth’s name or age has not been released due to his age, but he was being held in the Willoughby Juvenile Detention Center on a charge of first degree murder. Marshall police said emergency personnel responded to the 500 block of West Meredith Street around 11:30 Wednesday night, where they found Alford with multiple stab wounds. Alford later died at Good Shepherd Medical Center – Marshall.
