Man stabbed roommate an 'unknown number of times' during fatal argument about sleeping arrangements

An Indiana antheral volition walk decades down bars for stabbing his roommate to decease during an statement implicit sleeping arrangements.

Last month, Draylon Marquise Crutchfield, 26, was recovered blameworthy by a assemblage of his peers connected 1 number of execution for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Muhammad A. Williams successful July 2025.

On Friday, Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull sentenced the suspect to 60 years successful prison.

The underlying incidental occurred past summertime astatine an flat analyzable connected Stardale Drive successful the Oakland Park vicinity of Fort Wayne, according to a press release issued by the city.

Officers arrived astatine the country to find the unfortunate suffering from aggregate stab wounds, the Fort Wayne Police Department said. Williams was rushed to a adjacent infirmary successful "life-threatening condition," wherever helium aboriginal succumbed to his injuries.

Witnesses astatine the country of the transgression told investigators the 2 men had been arguing astir sleeping arrangements earlier their altercation turned physical. Crutchfield, for his part, did not quality that communicative – but insisted Williams attacked him first.

"Don't beryllium going to slumber connected my mama's couch," Williams told the suspect sometime aft 9 p.m., Crutchfield told police, according to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Fort Wayne-based ABC, NBC, and MyNetworkTV affiliate WPTA and CBS affiliate WANE. Then, Williams threatened to bushed his soon-to-be slayer up, Crutchfield said.

Crutchfield allegedly said helium declined to respond to Williams' archetypal request astir wherever to slumber – but that the different antheral kept up the verbal barrage and would not perceive to him.

During the argument, Williams had an babe successful his hands, which helium aboriginal passed connected to different idiosyncratic arsenic the confrontation developed, some Crutchfield and witnesses allegedly attested.

A 3rd idiosyncratic successful the flat astatine immoderate constituent went extracurricular to marque a telephone call, the suspect allegedly told police. And then, Williams' words are said to person go progressively aggressive.

"I finna bushed the s– retired of you man," Williams allegedly told Crutchfield, according to the affidavit. "I've been waiting connected this s–."

At this point, Crutchfield told constabulary helium was already holding a weapon erstwhile helium warned: "Don't tally up connected maine bro, don't tally up connected maine man."

The suspect claimed Williams past threw the archetypal punch. A witnesser told police, "The combat did not past longer than 3 seconds earlier Draylon had stabbed Muhammad," according to the affidavit.

Crutchfield yet told constabulary Williams repeatedly punched him successful the caput earlier helium admittedly stabbed the deceased antheral an "unknown fig of times," according to the charging document. The suspect besides claimed his imaginativeness had gone blurry from being deed successful the caput – starring to imprecise cognition astir the stabbing.

After the stabbing, Williams ran extracurricular and Crutchfield followed – weapon inactive successful hand, according to the affidavit. At a neighbor's flat unit, the suspect told his broadside of the story.

Crutchfield, covered successful blood, was equipped with a room weapon successful his close manus and told the neighbors helium stabbed Williams aft being punched successful the face, according to instrumentality enforcement.