On March 10, 2014, 24-year-old Marcus Antonio Ortiz was killed inside an apartment on Fox Chase Lane in South Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania. According to authorities, a drug-related robbery intended to target drug dealer Keith Crawford escalated when Eddie Lee Williams Jr., armed with an illegally obtained handgun, shot both Ortiz and Crawford in the head at close range. Ortiz died; Crawford survived with catastrophic brain injuries.

Prosecutors say Williams planned the robbery with Akeita Harden and Rick Lavar Cannon. After the shootings the three stole Crawford’s keys, locked the apartment from the outside, and fled in a Cadillac SUV. Police pursued the vehicle through South Lebanon Township, Myerstown, and Lebanon; Harden and Cannon were captured after abandoning the car, and Williams was later arrested in Philadelphia. DNA from Williams was reportedly found on the murder weapon and stolen items were recovered along the chase route.

Williams was convicted in 2015, that conviction was later overturned on procedural grounds, and a retrial was held in June 2025. At retrial Keith Crawford, permanently maimed and using a computer to communicate, identified Williams as his shooter. The jury again found Williams guilty and he received life without parole for Ortiz’s murder plus an additional 25 years for Crawford’s attempted murder. Does anyone have information about Ortiz’s life or the apartment where this happened?