EMOTIONAL PLEA FOR MONTHS THE
FAMILY TONIGHT STILL LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS IN A BRUTAL
BEATING LEAVING THEIR 70
YEAR-OLD FATHER DEAD LAST
SUMMER.
NOW CRIME STOPPERS IS
INVOLVED HOPING THEY CAN HELP
CLOSE THIS CASE. FOX 50 NINE'S
DARRIUS JOHNSON HAS THE
FAMILY'S MESSAGE AND GET AN
UPDATE FROM POLICE.
THAT WAS MY BEST FRIEND, SO
OH THIS MUST NOT BE.
A DAUGHTER STILL
HEARTBROKEN 14 MONTHS AFTER
HER FATHER'S DEATH. THE LAST
TIME THEY SPOKE WAS ON JULY
FIRST 2019 LATER THAT NIGHT A
FRIEND CAME BY THE MUNCIE HOME
ASKING FOR A RIDE HOME. HE
TOOK HER AND NEVER RETURNED.
BECAUSE HE KNEW TO CALL HER
PHONE SHE NEVER ANSWERED NEVER
RESPONDED NEVER CALLED THIS
NOTHING OFFICERS FOUND WILLIAM
BALFOUR IS BODY WITH HIS CAR
AT BLAINE IN CENTENNIAL
STREETS.
THE MORNING OF JULY 2ND HE
WAS LAND. RIGHT HERE. HIS
HEAD. IF HOW SHOES HE WAS IN
HIS PAJAMAS EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING WAS OUT HERE.
SOMEONE HAD SEVERELY BEATEN
HIM.
IT WAS ALL FOCUSED ALLY WHY
WOULD A HURT HIM HE WAS HANDED
VERY TRAGIC.
WHAT HAPPENED TO MISTER
BALFOUR IT'S VERY TRAGIC. WHAT
THIS FAMILY IS HAS SUFFERED
THROUGH IN DEALT WITH IN TERMS
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR
LOVED ONE MUNCIE CRIME
STOPPERS IS NOW INVOLVED
HOPING TO CLOSE THIS CASE
WE'RE AT A POINT TO WHERE WE
MAY HAVE ESTABLISHED A PERSON
OF INTEREST. BUT WE BELIEVE
THAT SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE STILL
KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEATH
OF WILLIAM BALFOUR IT'S ONE OF
THE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES IN 2019
AND TONIGHT HIS FAMILY IS JUST
HOPING SOMEONE WILL COME
FORWARD WITH ANSWERS.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO
SPEAK UP LIKE MY DADDY WAS 70
YEARS OLD ALL HIDDEN, DESERVE
THIS HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE
SHIRT OFF HIS BACK HE WOULD
NOT HURT NOBODY REPORTING IN
MUNCIE DARIUS JOHNSON.
DARIUS THANK YOU IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT
COULD HELP MUNCIE POLICE CALL
CRIME STOPPERS AT 765-286-4050
YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
BRING THIS FAMILY, SOME
CLOSURE AND POTENTIALLY GET
$1000 REWARD IF THAT TIP LEADS
TO AN ARREST.
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