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Danarius Dukes, 43, was arrested on Thursday night, June 2 and charged with the 1993 murder of Theodore “Teddy” Edwards.
Edwards was a 77-year-old janitor that worked the overnight hours at Duchess restaurant located in Bridgeport at 35 Boston Ave.
"The evidence in this case shows that Dukes and three others devised a plan to rob the manager of the restaurant after closing time," Bridgeport Police said. "To carry out their plan, Dukes hid in the bathroom with a gun. He emerged once all the patrons had gone.
"Instead of finding the manager, he found Teddy. Dukes shot Teddy twice, once in the head and once in the chest. Teddy’s body was discovered at about 5:15 a.m. the following morning (Dec. 6, 1993) by a delivery man."
Dukes, of Bridgeport, has been charged with murder and felony murder. He is being held on a $2,000,000 bond. An additional arrest is expected.
"This arrest is the result of the determined efforts of several generations of investigators," Bridgeport Police Lieutenant Christopher LaMaine said. "Most recently, it is the outstanding work of our State’s Attorney, Joseph Corradino, and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney David Applegate, along with Assistant United States Attorney Rahul Kale that made this arrest possible."
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