On the evening of November 22, 2025, 91-year-old Oscar Casdorph was found dead inside his Gilbert home on the 1300 block of West Straford Avenue after a family welfare check. Officers discovered Oscar in a bedroom with obvious head trauma; his 81-year-old wife was found nearby critically injured, later determined to have suffered severe wounds including a gunshot that passed through her head. The scene was immediately treated as a homicide with an attempted murder investigation and described by officials as gun violence in a domestic setting.

Detectives learned that 56-year-old Gary Crawford, the wife’s son and Oscar’s stepson, had recently moved into the residence and was unaccounted for when officers arrived. One of the couple’s vehicles was missing and investigators noted suspicious withdrawals from Oscar’s bank account. The vehicle was located in Glendale early November 23, 2025, and Crawford was arrested without incident.

He was booked on multiple charges, including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, and held on a $2,000,000 bond. Authorities say this appears to be an isolated domestic incident and that the investigation remains active as forensic work and witness interviews continue.

Did anyone in the Gilbert area know the Casdorphs or see anything unusual around their home on or before November 22, 2025?