Thursday, January 27, 2000
Covington man slain
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — A team of detectives is investigating the city's first homicide of the year.
Officials said Estill Davidson, 67, was found by a family member about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday slumped over in the bathroom of his home in the 1900 block of Russell Street. A retired employee of Pepsi, he lived alone. Police did not release the cause of death but said they consider the homicide suspect armed and dangerous.
Police sent out a national broadcast in an attempt to locate Mr. Davidson's 1994 Ford F150 truck, license number 44-88CR. Police said they do not know whether the suspect took it.
While family members arrived at the home, a team of detectives went door to door asking questions.
A neighbor, William Figgins, said he called 911.
“I heard a lady come out screaming, "Somebody killed my father,'” Mr. Figgins said.
Mr. Davidson's son-in-law, Bob Williams, said his wife tried to call Mr. Davidson's home several times Wednesday. “My wife tried to get in touch with him all day and there was no answer,” he said.
Later she went by the house and found him.
“The door was open, and the house was in disarray,” he said.
Mr. Davidson's son, Oliver, said his father was beaten at home this summer and robbed.
“They beat him up and left,” he said of the summer incident, adding, “This was definitely foul play.”
Anyone with information about the crime or the missing truck is asked to call Covington police at 292-2222, 292-2234 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
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