...murdering his 2-year-old niece. Mr. Crawford, 57, will be executed by injection for the 1983 killing of Leslie Michelle English in Griffin. Prosecutors argued at trial that he sneaked into the house and kidnapped the girl after her mother...

...Crawford. Mr. Crawford, scheduled to be executed Monday, was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old niece, Leslie Michelle English, after kidnapping and raping her in 1983. The Griffin man was linked to the crime by hair and carpet fibers...

...Crawford was linked to the crime by hair and carpet fibers found on the girl's body. He kidnapped the girl, Leslie Michelle English, from her Griffin home after her mother - his sister-in-law - refused to have sex with him, prosecutors...

...sentenced to death in Spalding County in March 1984 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of his 29-month old niece, Leslie Michelle English, on Sept. 25, 1983. The toddler was strangled to death, bruised and raped. He told police he remembered...

...sentenced to death in Spalding County in March 1984 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of his 29-month old niece, Leslie Michelle English, on Sept. 25, 1983. The toddler was strangled to death, bruised and raped. He told police he remembered...