ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania State Police tell CBS 13 News that charges are expected later today in the I-81 shooting of Timothy “Asti” Davison.
Davison was gunned down in 2014 while driving home to Maine.
“It’s just like the world crumbled,” Tyler Merchant, Davison’s friends, said just months after his death.
This case has been on many people’s minds since Davison was shot and killed in cold blood.
“They were definitely out on a killing spree that night,” Davison’s mother, Theresa Allocca, said.
On the morning of Jan. 4, 2014, Davison was heading northbound to Maine along Interstate 81 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, when state police say he was pursued for miles and eventually run off the road.
Several weeks after the crime, police dispatchers released a portion of the emergency call from that night. Davison can be heard describing the crash.
That crash eventually lead to a shooting that killed Davison. The person who pulled the trigger then took off. After about a month, police began narrowing the vehicle search to a 1993 to 1997 blue Ford Ranger pickup.
“Any incident that we deal with, we always go in with the attitude that we’re going to solve it, no matter how long it takes,” Trooper Rob Hicks said in January of 2014.
That investigation lead to a thorough look into the handling of Davison’s 911 call. Apparently, the call dropped at least once while he was calling for help, leading U.S. senator for Pennsylvania Bob Casey to call on the FCC to act.
“I’m sure they’ve known for years it’s hard to get calls in rural areas. But in this case we want them to take a focused look,” Sen. Casey said.
In the end, the family was left searching for answers.
“That will be the time I think we really start healing as opposed to making it through, because that is what we’re doing right now. We’re going through the motions,” Adele Allocca, Davison’s sister, said.
At the height of the investigation, police and the family were offering a $60,000 reward.
Stay with us for updates on this developing story.
State Police intend to hold a press conference on the arrest at 2 p.m. at the Troop H headquarters in Harrisburg.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
Apologies, that last link was changed. Here is all our information on the arrest of John Wayne Strawser: http://t.co/gDOITrpuRF
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
BREAKING: A complaint had been filed against John Wayne Strawser, for the fatal shooting of Timothy Davison.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
Franklin Co DA announces arrest in Timothy Davison homicide, I81 shooting. Suspect is John Wayne Strawser. @CBS21NEWS pic.twitter.com/pHH1W66DXC
— Michael Gorsegner (@MikeGorsegner) September 21, 2015
W.V. man charged with murder after deadly I-81 shooting in #Franklin Co. http://t.co/C0EvhcZFwL pic.twitter.com/sRbte8z4k2
— CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) September 21, 2015
Charges filed against John Wayne Strawser w/ 1st degree murder for the 2014 shooting death of Timothy Davison on I-81 pic.twitter.com/fHsR7LwhlR
— Eric Heisler (@Heisler_Eric) September 21, 2015
When asked about the death of Timothy Davison on I-81, police say Strawser replied, “I don’t remember.”
— abc27 WHTM (@abc27News) September 21, 2015
John Wayne Strawser, a murder suspect out of Preston Co. back in April, has been charged in a 2014 PA murder — http://t.co/EubFUjKHPy
— Andrew Havranek (@havranek5news) September 21, 2015
West Virginia man charged in I-81 murder already incarcerated in other homicide case: John Wayne Strawser Jr., of… http://t.co/SgR1VMarfT
— The Patriot-News (@PatriotNews) September 21, 2015
PSP was led to a Rossi Ranch Hand firearm that matched Davison’s wounds.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
PSP have cell phone records showing Strawser was on a call between Martinsburg, WV, and Hagerstown, MD, minutes before Davisons’s 911 call.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
Strawser initially told police he was working on Jan. 4, 2014, but his employer refuted the claim.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
PSP was also able to match Strawser’s DNA to DNA found on a casing at the shooting scene.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
On April 20, 2015, PSP was contacted by someone who told them about Stawser. Stawser had contacted this couple on Jan. 3-4, 2014.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
Jamie Breese, the man, said he believed Strawser had mistaken Davison’s vehicle with his own.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015
Breese said he heard Strawser was charged with a similar crime in Preston County, WV, and decided to contact PSP.
— Becky Metrick (@BeckyMetrickPO) September 21, 2015