So tragic –23 year old Courtney Cash, great niece to the late Johnny Cash, was found stabbed to death and shoved in a box in her Tennessee home yesterday. Her boyfriend, William Austin Johnson, is being treated for stab wounds at a Nashville hospital, and their friend Wayne Gary Masciarella has been charged with the crime.
According to the arrest warrant, Masciarella attacked the couple, killing Cash. Johnson was able to escape with their daughter, heading straight to the hospital.
Authorities suspect the crime was drug related. Masciarella has a long criminal history.
Johnny Cash’s brother, Tommy Cash, released a statment on Facebook, saying, “we ask for you to respect our privacy and appreciate all the support that the public and media has always offered my family, as we handle the loss of my grand-daughter, pray for the father of my great-grand child and journey through the search for justice on this violent act. We are completely heartbroken. It is a time like this we are grateful for our faith and trusting the loving guidance of God.”
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