Cold case arrest: Bridgeport man charged in 1993 diner murder

Friday, July 3, 2020
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WABC) -- Police in Connecticut have cracked a 27-year-old case and making an arrest in the murder of a janitor.

44-year-old Danarius Dukes is accused of murdering 77-year-old Theodore "Teddy" Edwards in the Duchess Diner in Bridgeport back in 1993.
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Investigators believe Dukes hid in a bathroom with a gun, waiting to get the manager alone to rob the business.

But when he came out, only Edwards was there.

Edwards worked as a night custodian at the diner.

Police say Dukes shot Edwards twice, once in the head and once in the chest.
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Edwards' body was discovered the next morning, on December 6, 1993, by a delivery man.



Dukes was arrested Thursday night and charged with murder and felony murder.

He is being held on $2 million bond.

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