Philadelphia man arrested in '99 murder of Lock Haven U. student

LOCK HAVEN, PENNSLYVANIA - Two former Lock Haven University students, one of them a football player, have been charged with murder in the 1999 beating death of a local man, whose killing was the subject of a segment on the TV show ``America&#39;s Most Wanted.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Willie Marvin Williams Jr., 24, of Philadelphia, was arrested Monday morning on charges of murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of Jason McMann. Fabian Desmond Smart, 24 and a former free safety on Lock Haven&#39;s football team from Clyo, Ga., faces the same charges, and authorities in Georgia were searching for him, Clinton County District Attorney Ted McKnight said. Clyo is near Savannah. <br> <br> McMann, then 21, was beaten to death late Jan. 22 or early Jan. 23, 1999, by more than one attacker. His body was left in the woods about 20 miles outside of Lock Haven, and hypothermia contributed to his death, according to court documents. <br> <br> McKnight would not say whether he would seek the death penalty. <br> <br> But McMann&#39;s mother, Paula McMann who wears a necklace made from the plates and screws used to reconstruct her son&#39;s hip after he was in a car crash when he was 11 years old said she hoped that he would. <br> <br> ``I hope they get what they gave,&#39;&#39; Mrs. McMann said. ``I don&#39;t want them out on the streets.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Because of the decomposition of McMann&#39;s body, authorities originally were not able to determine a cause of death. And because of early delays in the case McMann wasn&#39;t reported missing for more than two weeks, and his body wasn&#39;t found until April investigators had few early leads. <br> <br> They got their first leads when ``America&#39;s Most Wanted&#39;&#39; investigated the case, McKnight said. An investigator with the TV show, retired Miami Beach, Fla., police Sgt. Joe Matthews, interviewed multiple witnesses and passed that information on to authorities in Lock Haven, who began interviewing witnesses in July 2001. <br> <br> According to court documents, McMann was involved in a fight the night of his death at an off-campus house that was a frequent hangout for Lock Haven football players. McMann was assaulted by several men, then fled down an alley, where he was beaten unconscious. <br> <br> Quincy Lee Teel and Jermaine Ballard, also Lock Haven students, said they heard Smart say he would kill McMann. Then Ballard, Williams, Smart and Teel returned to the alley, where they found McMann alive but bloodied and unconscious, and put McMann into Smart&#39;s car. Smart and Williams drove away. <br> <br> Williams allegedly told police that he and Smart took McMann out of town and that Smart tried to shoot McMann, but the handgun wouldn&#39;t fire. Smart then beat McMann with the gun and a branch, then left him in a ditch. <br> <br> Williams said Smart washed out the trunk at a car wash and told him not to tell anyone about the incident. Teel also said that Smart later told him he had killed McMann. <br> <br> McMann wasn&#39;t reported missing until Feb. 11, 1999. His partially decomposed body was found that April in Logan Township, about 20 miles from Lock Haven. <br> <br> McKnight said he expected to file charges against two other people, whom he would not name.