Man killed with bizarre 12-inch dagger
A man was killed in Upper Darby this morning by another man who used a 12-inch dagger emblazoned with a serpent, wings and a deformed face to stab his victim 12 times, police said.
Man killed with bizarre 12-inch dagger
Stephanie Farr
A man was killed in Upper Darby this morning by another man who used a 12-inch dagger emblazoned with a serpent, wings and a deformed face to stab his victim 12 times, police said.
Around 3:30 a.m. this morning, police were called to South Cedar Avenue where they found a man in his 30s with eight stab wounds to his chest, two to his his back and two to his arms, said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene but a witness was able to describe the suspect to police, who later found the alleged assailant hiding barefoot about three blocks away from the scene, police said. He is expected to be charged with murder.
Chitwood said the unusual murder weapon - with it's 12-inch blade and four-inch decorated handle - was found by officers outside the crime scene once daylight broke.
The victim, assailant and witness are all Guatemalan and the stabbing is believed to have followed an argument the two men had over money, Chitwood said.
The identity of the victim is not being released until family notificaiton is made and the identity of the suspect is not being released until he's officially charged, police said.
I think the name "The Daily Delco" needs to be changed. Maybe "The Upper Darby Daily"?— DixonBunz- Good point. I don't think anyone thought there was a crime in Radnor.— dontavoidtheobvious
- Radnor police find decomposing body of rape suspect
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/delco/Radnor-police-find-decomposing-body-of-rape-suspect.html - I swear Chitwood is behind all this nonsense to stay in front of the camera.....— Earl J
- Dragonbone handled Valyrian steel dagger, if I'm not mistaken.— Philthy Delphia123
- A dagger? There ought to be a law registering daggers, another requiring state-issued licenses to carry daggers, another for prosecuting dagger straw-purchasers, and another establishing mandatory sentences for people committing violent dagger crimes. Right?— DonQ
- Shut up, DonQ.— TheLowDown
- Because there are thousands of gun murders a year, and maybe three Valkyrian dagger murders a year. — PKnight93
- Save taxpayers money. Change venue to Guatemala.— dglass1
- daggers don't kill people - people kill people. was he wearing a hoodie?— skiing68
@ William Bender- Yes, you proved us wrong with a three month old story, but wouldn't you admit that a large majority of the stories from your "Daily Delco" blog come out of UD?— DixonBunz- Healthy dose of Upper Darby. I don't know about a "large majority." Go to the main page and scroll down, you'll see: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/delco/ ... Thanks for reading though. Would you like to see us focus on any particular town or issue?
- Definitely the Briarcliffe section of Glenolden— DixonBunz
- I've got my eyes on you, Bender.— Roger Podacter
