Two Louisiana men are accused of viciously beating & stabbing a woman’s alleged rapist, before shooting the alleged rapist's victim in the head. They then left her body in an abandoned Navy base to keep her quiet about the violence.
Dylan Craddock, 27, & Cody Matthews, 33, are facing charges of second-degree murder in the death of Brooke Buchler, 25, after her body was discovered at the abandoned base on August 23, just one day after she was reported missing.
Police said in the court documents that the men believed Buchler was “a liability,” after she witnessed them viciously attacking a man that she had accused of raping her. Both men are also facing charges of kidnapping & attempted murder in that attack.
Just days before she disappeared, New Orleans Police said Buchler had confided in several people that she had been raped by a man she knew.
Matthews & Craddock allegedly set out to seek retaliation. Buchler’s mother, Cristin Naquin told local station WWL that Craddock had been “good friends” with her daughter since high school & was “somewhat like a brother” to her.
The pair allegedly “severely beat” the man inside of Buchler’s apartment, stabbing him & leaving him for dead in a remote marshland. The man survived & was taken to a local hospital.
Investigators said Matthews & Craddock both fled to a hotel in St. Bernard Parish. Buchler had reportedly been with them at the hotel on August 21 before she disappeared & was found dead two days later.
Police said Craddock’s phone records show he had been in contact with Buchler on the morning of August 21 & later appeared to be in the area where Buchler’s body was discovered.
Both men were taken into custody on Sept. 3 in connection with the man’s kidnapping & attempted murder. Police said Matthews was recorded in a jailhouse phone call telling someone he “was present when Craddock killed Buchler.”
Craddock is currently being held on a $1 million bond. Matthews is being held on $625,000 bond.
Both men have pleaded not guilty.
Source: Yahoo News
Follow Me
}
Comments