Overview
- Police identified the victim as Lafeyette Dailey, 93, and arrested Coy Thomas, 53, on Dec. 14 at 22nd and Lehigh Avenue.
- Thomas is charged with murder, robbery, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and related offenses, and is being held without bail in Montgomery County Prison.
- An autopsy found Dailey died of stab wounds, with injuries including chest lacerations and head trauma.
- There were no signs of forced entry as the home was ransacked, investigators say, and Dailey’s wallet, keys, and 2007 Chrysler 300 were taken.
- Authorities say Thomas sold the car and attempted to use Dailey’s credit card; the vehicle was recovered via license plate data, the case was upgraded to a homicide, and no motive has been released ahead of a Dec. 29 preliminary hearing.