A custodian at Middletown High School discovered the corpse of her kid early on Thursday morning after he had been assaulted and stabbed to death.
In the hours between a teenager, Shawn Edwards leaving the home and his coiled corpse being found in that shadowed entryway, neither the police nor the family know what transpired.
Mrs. Edwards said that her kid had gone to bed on Wednesday night as normal. Later, he got up but no one heard him leave the home. She mentioned that Shawn had never done it before.
Who Is Shawn Edwards From Middletown NY?
An outlandish and unconventional murder took place in the year 1986 taking a 14-year-old kid from his parents. Shawn Edwards was a popular child, loved by everyone for his cute appearance.
He was an outgoing child and was studying just like any other teen would at his age. When today, social media remembers him in bits and species, but they still have not let the little burning hope of finding his murderer die. It is just their family, people who knew Shwan as a human being want justice.
Nobody can still figure out why would anyone opt for something so heinous and merciless to actually finish a teenager.
In a Facebook post made in the year 2020 on a page named Hudson valley cold case and missing people, the writer has managed to explain the developments of the entire happenings over the years. Netizens engaging well on that particular post remember him as a jokester and prankster. It is not somewhat impossible to forget the little one’s smile.
Similarly, prayers are being offered to his family. They are still petrified after all these years of yearning for truth.
Teen Stabbing Victim Shawn Edwards’ Murder – A Cold Case On Crime Junkie
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As per the occurrence, Shawn informed his mother that he had to go right away to visit a buddy. Edwards sneaked out since he was denied the permission he requested.
Shawn was in seventh grade, it was a Tuesday night, and the outside temperature was eleven degrees. Her baby and the youngest of her five children snuck out. Little did anyone know that this was just the beginning of the nightmares his family would have to go through forever.
The next morning, Jan. 16, 1986, at around six in the morning, a Middletown High School custodian discovered Shawn’s body outside the building, having been battered and stabbed but with fresh blood.
He was so young and his murderer could never get tracked.
There is now a five-figure reward for information that results in the capture of a suspect, according to Middletown Detective Sgt. Nicholas C. DeRosa. He also said that the state police lab in Albany is employing DNA technology, which wasn’t accessible in 1986, to reexamine evidence found at the crime scene.
The announcement occurs just a few days before the 16th anniversary of Edwards’ passing. No matter how many years have gone by, it’s still wonderful news in Cynthia Edwards’ eyes.
Despite all the suspects being named, and the case going on, there seems to be more confusion rather than a solid conclusion.
