Nearby: Richland Man Charged with Homicide in Stabbing Death of Grandmother
Levi Staver is in the Allegheny County Jail, awaiting a hearing Friday.
The 26-year-old Richland man charged with killing his grandmother told police he was sitting at the computer in his bedroom when the archangel directed him to “kill the witch,” according to a criminal complaint. Levi Daniel Staver is charged with criminal homicide for Tuesday’s stabbing death of his grandmother, Constance Johnston, at their Richland Township home. According to the criminal complaint, Staver told detectives that he made the sign of the cross, got dressed like a soldier, took a sword and said, “This thing has got to go.” Allegheny County detectives said Staver used a large, black bowie knife, not a sword, the complaint states. Staver was quoted as saying that if the archangels want him to do something, he does it, the …
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Dpat
11:50 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Why did the county mental health professionals fail to find a way to help this young man? Their failure - which really is a failure of the laws supposedly protecting the mentally ill - has destroyed a family. It's time we stood up for the rights of families to protect and provide for their children, including their young adult children with mental illnesses. The mother of this young man tried … more ›