Crime & Safety

Charging Documents Reveal Details of DeSha-Overcash Murder

A longtime friend of Stephan Weaver led police to both suspects.

On Thursday, of Stephan Weaver and Deandre Ricardo Williams, both of whom are charged with murdering 22-year-old University of Maryland student Justin DeSha-Overcash in his College Park home in January.

More details about the murder have emerged since the arrest was made public, and most of those details came via charging documents, posted as a PDF at right.

Police were led to the suspects through a tip from Weaver's longtime friend, who he called to confide in after the murder took place.

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