He lived an extraordinary life

Paul David Crews had a troubled life prior to his arrest for the deaths of Geoff and Molly. He was born Paul David Horne, the sixth of nine siblings from South Carolina. He rarely saw his father as he grew up. His mother left their family by the time he was five. For three years he lived in numerous foster homes. Later, he was adopted and given a new family name by a couple in Burlington, North Carolina.

A troubled man

Crews graduated from high school in 1972, after which he joined the Marines and married Theresa Dunman, his high school sweetheart. Not long after their marriage, he tried to commit suicide. “He came in for lunch one day, ” according to Theresa, “and slit his wrists.” Their marriage ended abruptly. His military career also didn’t do well. He was discharged in under a year. Soon, he became a drifter. According to his brother, Donald Ray Horne, Crews has been “pretty much a mystery all his life.”