RICHMOND, Ind. — A New York man killed last week in a city
hotel was shot while he slept, according to a court document.
Roy Redford, 58, of Canaseraga, N.Y., was found dead Dec. 14
in his room at the Cozy Garden Inn, which was formally the Econolodge, at 419
Commerce Road. His girlfriend, Josephine Ella Faith Scott, 50, has been
arrested in the killing.
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office filed a formal murder
charge against Scott, and Judge David Kolger found probable cause for the
charge exists. Richmond Police Department investigators arrested her Friday in
Belmont, N.Y.
Scott admitted to investigators that she shot the sleeping
Redford in the back of the head with a .380-caliber revolver, according to an
affidavit of probable cause. Scott had denied any involvement in Redford's
death until she was undergoing a polygraph examination conducted by a New York
State Police investigator.
"I did it," Scott said, according to the
affidavit.
When the investigator asked what she did, Scott responded
that she killed Redford. She then provided locations of where she hid three
wallets belonging to Redford and the revolver. All were found where she
described, the affidavit said.
Redford and Scott had been staying in Richmond for more than
a month, according to the affidavit. On Dec. 12, Scott drove to their shared
home in Canaseraga to pick up her daughter, who was going to help her transport
two vehicles back to New York.
After her confession, Scott told RPD investigators that she
began thinking about killing Redford on the drive back to New York. She and her
daughter arrived in Richmond the afternoon of Dec. 13, and they and Redford
took their dogs to Glen Miller Park, ate at Red Lobster and watched
"Christmas Vacation" in one of their two hotel rooms, the affidavit
said.
When in New York, Scott had retrieved the revolver from a
bedroom closet, loaded it and put it in her medicine bag. She told
investigators that early Dec. 14 she was sitting at the end of their bed when
Redford awoke and asked her if she was all right, according to the affidavit.
She told him she was, then waited for him to go back to sleep.
Scott then retrieved the gun and stood behind him before
firing one shot into the back of his head, the affidavit said. She then put the
gun in a vehicle.
Eventually, Scott and her daughter drove back to New York,
and Scott hid the gun in a van belonging to Redford. She also hid the three
wallets, according to the affidavit.
When RPD investigators interviewed Scott in New York,
several discrepancies were noted from her original story, and Scott agreed to
the polygraph test, the affidavit said.
After she admitted responsibility, she was arrested and
lodged in a New York jail. The affidavit does not indicate why Scott allegedly
decided she wanted to kill Redford.
Redford was found Dec. 14 when his brother requested a
welfare check because he had not heard from Redford and Redford had missed
work, the affidavit said. An autopsy revealed the small-caliber, close-range
gunshot wound to the back of his head.
