Funk musician’s murder not forgotten

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Police don’t know how Charles Crusoe ended up dead in a wooded area in Anne Arundel County not far from the Chesapeake Bay. He was from Washington and worked for United Life insurance company in Silver Spring. At one time, police said, Crusoe had played part-time with the Ohio Players, the popular funk and R&B band with two No. 1 hit songs: “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster.”

But the 29-year-old Crusoe had no ties to Anne Arundel County, at least none that police could find.

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