Kralik Now Jailed for Elk County Homicide

St. Marys police have arrested 67-year-old Edward Kralik Jr. of St. Marys for criminal homicide, aggravated assault and possessing implements of a crime in connection with the death of 50-year-old Clayton Lecker.

In a fax sent to WESB and The HERO, police say Lecker died of a single stab wound to the abdomen on Saturday on Robin Road during an altercation with Kralick.

Kralik was flown to Hamot Medical Center in Erie for the injuries he received in the fight. Today, St. Marys Police served an arrest warrant on Kralik in Erie and returned him to Elk County, where he was arraigned by District Judge George “Tony” King and sent to Elk County Jail pending further court action.

City police were assisted by the state police forensic unit as well as criminal investigators from Troop C, the Erie City Police Department, Elk County District Attorney’s Office, Elk County Coroner, St. Marys Ambulance Service, Elk County Emergency Management Agency and the Crystal Fire Deparatment.

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