On Monday, December 14, 2020, authorities in Richmond, Indiana, discovered the body of fifty-eight-year-old Roy Redford. A truck driver by trade, Redford was a resident of Canaseraga, New York. His death was immediately treated as suspicious, launching a homicide investigation that spanned across state lines. Investigators determined that the cause of death was a shooting, occurring within the state of Indiana, where Redford was found.
The investigation quickly pointed towards a suspect
who also hailed from Redford's hometown of Canaseraga. Police identified fifty-year-old Josephine Scott as the primary person of interest in the case. Law enforcement officials coordinated with authorities in New York to locate her. On Friday, December 18, 2020, just four days after the discovery of Redford's body, Scott was apprehended in Belmont, New York, situated in Allegany County.
Josephine Scott was taken into custody and charged with the murder of Roy Redford. Following her arrest in New York, proceedings were initiated to extradite her to Indiana to face the charges related to the shooting. The case drew attention due to both the victim and the accused being from the same small New York community, approximately five hundred miles away from where the crime occurred.
