1996 Murder Linked To Drug Deal
12March 2004 - GAINESVILLE, USA. (AP) -- The daughter of blues artist Muddy Waters surrendered Friday after a warrant was issued accusing her of being involved in the 1996 murder of a Florida man. An Alchua County sheriff's spokesman says Rosalind Morganfield, 34, surrendered about noon today after being charged in the death of Timothy Jason Harrington Morganfield will make her initial court appearance tomorrow.
Authorities say Morganfield is not cooperating with detectives, so they don't know where she has been living. Court records say Harrington was shot in December 1996 and that his death was linked to a drug deal involving three pounds of marijuana. His remains weren't found until 2000. Another suspect in the case, 38-year-old David Myhand, was arrested Wednesday for first-degree murder and is being held without bond at the Alachua County jail. Muddy Waters, who was born McKinley Morganfield, died in 1983.
Alachua County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Troiano said investigators have talked with Morganfield's family members, friends and artists, including musician Bo Diddley, who lives in Gainesville. Detectives believe she lives in the Hillsborough or Pinellas County area, although she has been seen in Gainesville in recent weeks. Muddy Waters, who was born McKinley Morganfield, died in 1983. Troiano said Waters' daughter has acquaintances in the Gainesville area and local arrests for her date back to 1994.
