CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – A man sentenced to life in prison for a West Virginia slaying is in Pennsylvania to face charges in an interstate killing that police say was a case of mistaken identity.
The Public Opinion reports John Wayne Strawser is accused of chasing down and killing 28-year-old Timothy Davison along Interstate 81 in January 2014.
Police believe Timothy “Asti” Davison was traveling on the same stretch of road as people being hunted by John W. Strawser Jr. when he was forced off the highway and killed.
Police say Davison was driving home to Maine when the driver of a pickup truck started firing at him. The truck then rammed Davison’s SUV, forcing it onto a median.
The driver circled back and again shot Davison, who was from Poland, Maine. He died at a hospital.
Two ex-friends of Strawser told authorities they were traveling on I-81 around the same time. They said Strawser threatened them and they were traveling in a vehicle similar to Davidson’s.
Strawser was sentenced to life in prison last year for the shooting death of a West Virginia woman.
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