FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A 25-year-old was in jail on Saturday awaiting a Monday court hearing on a murder charge.
Draylon M. Crutchfield was arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing Thursday night of Muhammad A. Williams, 18, the Fort Wayne Police Department said in a news release issued Friday.
The stabbing was reported just after 9:35 p.m. Thursday in the 2700 block of Stardale Drive. That’s at the Village Park Apartment, located southwest of the intersection of East Paulding Road and Hessen Cassell Road on the city’s southeast side.
Williams was taken in critical condition from Stardale Drive to a hospital, where he died, the Allen County Coroner’s Office said in a news release issued Friday. He died of stab wounds.
Police did not provide details about the motive of the stabbing in their release. Court documents were not immediately available to News 8. Crutchfield will have an initial hearing on Monday morning in Allen Superior Court 4. He was being held in the Allen County jail without bond.
The stabbing was the 24th homicide in Fort Wayne and Allen County for 2025, the coroner’s office said.
