Stanford church slaying suspect was likely considering suicide for two years ... An ice pick was driven into the back of Perry’s skull and her body had been violated with church candles.

Stephen Blake Crawford reportedly drafted a suicide note two years ago after he was last interrogated for the infamous slaying of Arlis Perry, authorities said.

On Thursday, former Stanford campus security guard Stephen Blake Crawford — who once told police that he locked up the church the night of Oct. 12, 1974, and discovered the body of Arlis Perry ...

On Thursday, former Stanford campus security guard Stephen Blake Crawford — who once told police that he locked up the church the night of Oct. 12, 1974, and discovered the body of Arlis Perry ...

Arlis Perry, the wife of Stanford student Bruce Perry, would be brutally murdered in the Stanford Memorial Church.10/13/1974 Handout Photo ran 10/14/1974. P. 1 Chronicle file photo ...

The suspect in a gruesome 1974 cold case slaying killed himself Thursday -- the same day that Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant on a property in San Jose.

Crawford was the main suspect in the 1974 murder of Arlis Perry, 19, at the Stanford Memorial Church, but there was never enough evidence to convict him, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said ...