Cops: Murder Reported By Suspect’s Friend Who Walked Into Police Station

A Middletown man has been sent to Bucks County prison without bail after police allege he murdered his aunt inside her apartment.

Jeffrey Allen Stafford, 39, of Middletown’s Levittown section, was charged Thursday morning with with criminal homicide, robbery, burglary and related offenses. He was arraigned via video by District Judge Jan Vislosky at 9:45 a.m.

At 8:10 p.m. Wednesday night, a man walked into the Falls Township police station to report that he believed his friend, Stafford, had killed someone.

During an interview with detectives, the man said Stafford came to his apartment and stated he believed he may have given Alisa Wilson too many sleeping pills. He further said he gave her sleeping pills because he wanted to drive he 2009 Chrysler 300 that she did not let him often drive, according to court papers.

From an affidavit of probable cause:

The defendant (Stafford) was in possession of two purses containing numerous pieces of jewelry and money. The defendant told [his friend] he got the property from his aunt’s residence (Alisa Wilson). [Stafford’s friend] was present when the defendant pawned this property for $220. [Stafford’s friend] drove with the defendant to Philadelphia in Wilson’s vehicle. During the ride, the defendant told [his friend] “he killed her,” referring to Alisa Wilson, and asked [his friend] if he knew how to get rid of a body.

After hearing Stafford’s friend’s story, detectives and a patrolman rushed to Wilson’s apartment at 9:10 p.m. and found no answer when they knocked. When no one answered, they busted down the door and found Wilson dead on the floor of her D building apartment, police said.

A detective on the scene confirmed Wilson, who was in her 60s, was deceased for some time before police arrived.

Stafford was arrested a short time later in the area of Vermillion Way and Vermont Lane in Falls’ Levittown section. He was taken into custody after reportedly being spotted in the Chrysler 300.

Police said Stafford was found to have 14 packages of heroin that were stamped “Pit Bull” on him when he was arrested.

Neighbors at the Pennsbury Woods Apartments told LevittownNow.com shortly after sunrise Thursday that they were not aware of the circumstances of the murder but that police had been on the scene all morning.

Lt. Hank Ward said police and the Bucks County Detectives were continuing to tie up some “loose ends.”

An autopsy on Wilson is expected to be performed in the coming days.

Anyone with further information that could help police is asked to call Detective Matt Tomcho at 267-236-9218 or tomchopd@falltwp.com.