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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

KDKA: Family Speaks Out About Mental Illness of Man Accused of Killing Grandmother

Johnston family does not want grandmother's death to be in vain, the news station reports.

The family of a 26-year-old Richland man charged with killing his grandmother spoke out Tuesday about his mental illness in an exclusive interview with KDKA. Levi Daniel Staver was charged with criminal homicide a week ago, Feb. 19, after he stabbed his grandmother, Connie Johnston, in the back as she sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast with his grandfather, according to police. Staver told police an archangel told him to stab her, according to the criminal complaint. The grandmother's husband, the Rev. David Johnston, and daughter Ruth said they wanted to raise awareness about mental illness so Connie Johnston's death is not in vain, KDKA reports. Staver lived with his mother and grandparents at their home in the 3900 block of …

Friday, February 22, 2013

Hearing Postponed for Richland Man Charged With Killing Grandmother

Levi Staver is charged with criminal homicide.

The preliminary hearing for Levi Daniel Staver, who is charged with stabbing his grandmother to death at their Richland Township home, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Friday, the hearing has been postponed until June 7 before Judge Donna Jo McDaniel, according to court documents. Staver, 26, is in the Allegheny County Jail; his bail request was denied. Staver stabbed his grandmother in the back Tuesday morning as she and his grandfather were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast, Northern Regional Police Chief T. Robert Amman said. Staver lived with his grandparents and mother at the home in the 3900 block of Gibsonia Road (Route 910).  Visitation services for his grandmother, Connie (McCall) Johnston, will be held …

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