Cruel Death (45 page)

Here is a photo the Ocean City Police Department took of Joshua Ford’s ring, attached to a necklace owned by Erika Sifrit.

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These plastic flex cuffs, along with ski masks, adhesive tape and several weapons, were found inside Erika and BJ Sifrit’s Jeep Cherokee, leading Ocean City PD detectives to believe that Crutchley and Ford were being held hostage somewhere.

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Here is the inside of Erika and Benjamin’s Jeep Cherokee, showing how detectives found Erika’s Coach handbag, where the gun used to kill Crutchley and Ford was located with other incriminating evidence.

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Ocean City PD detectives found a serrated knife on Erika, clipped to the side pocket of her jeans. The knife was later found to contain bits of human flesh and blood.

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These two close-up photos proved that Erika Sifrit was wearing Joshua Ford’s bloodied ring around her neck after Ford and Crutchley were reported missing.

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In the crook of Erika’s back, tucked into her pants, police uncovered a fully loaded .357 Magnum revolver that was later proved to be the weapon used to kill Joshua Ford; and inside Erika’s Coach purse, police located this .45 caliber handgun, along with four spent shell casings and one live round of ammunition.

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Here are Geney Crutchley and Joshua Ford in photos taken hours before they were murdered and dismembered by Erika and Benjamin Sifrit.

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After Erika turned on BJ and started talking to Ocean City PD detectives, cutting a deal with prosecutors, she explained where she and BJ dumped the body parts of Ford and Crutchley. In this Delaware landfill, police found one of Crutchley’s legs and Ford’s torso, both his arms and one leg.

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Here Erika holds one of her prize possessions—a python snake.