The death of a grandmother in Maryland last month is far more gruesome than initially known, as evidenced by the charging documents in the murder case against the victim’s own daughter. Margaret Craig, 71, was killed by unknown means on May 23, but there’s evidence that a chainsaw and a barbecue grill were involved and there's evidence of motive, authorities in Prince George’s County say.
Candace Craig, 44, stands accused of murder in the first and second degrees over the slaying, which police believe was motivated by the elder Craig discovering and threatening to report her daughter “for fraudulent use of her credit card,” detectives wrote in statements of probable cause obtained by Law&Crime.
Those allegations against the younger Craig come by way of the defendant’s own daughter, Salia Hardy, 19, the charging documents allege. Hardy, who is charged with accessory after the fact for both counts of murder against her mother, allegedly told police about the initial attack being fueled by those credit card fraud allegations.
On the next day, Hardy allegedly continued, she came home and “discovered [her grandmother’s] remains in a blue bin in her bedroom.”
By this time, Candace Craig was allegedly able to enlist her daughter into helping her cover up the crime and the two “began to dismember the [grandmother] with a chainsaw,” the police report says. Then, the pair allegedly tried to “burn her remains on a grill and a fire.”
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Candace Craig, 44, stands accused of murder in the first and second degrees over the slaying, which police believe was motivated by the elder Craig discovering and threatening to report her daughter “for fraudulent use of her credit card,” detectives wrote in statements of probable cause obtained by Law&Crime.
Those allegations against the younger Craig come by way of the defendant’s own daughter, Salia Hardy, 19, the charging documents allege. Hardy, who is charged with accessory after the fact for both counts of murder against her mother, allegedly told police about the initial attack being fueled by those credit card fraud allegations.
On the next day, Hardy allegedly continued, she came home and “discovered [her grandmother’s] remains in a blue bin in her bedroom.”
By this time, Candace Craig was allegedly able to enlist her daughter into helping her cover up the crime and the two “began to dismember the [grandmother] with a chainsaw,” the police report says. Then, the pair allegedly tried to “burn her remains on a grill and a fire.”
More gory details at the link:
Dismemberment murder implicating victim's daughter, granddaughter is way more 'horriying' than initially known
The death of a grandmother in Maryland last month is far more gruesome than initially known, as evidenced by the charging documents in the murder case against the victim's own daughter.
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