Talking with teen runaway leads cops to SC man wanted in murder, official says
A South Carolina man who had been on the run for years after his teenage girlfriend was shot and killed is now going to prison, according to the 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
On Sept. 17, Alexander Francis Harmon was convicted of murder by a Kershaw County jury, the solicitor’s office said in a news release.
Judge Heath Taylor sentenced the 35-year-old Harmon to life in a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison, according to Monday’s release.
On June 2, 2018, Harmon was charged with murder following the death of his girlfriend, Katelin Crocker, the Solicitor’s Office said.
Kershaw County 911 received a call from Harmon’s father, who lives in New York, the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office said in 2018. The elder Harmon told dispatchers that his son had just called him and the son confessed to shooting his girlfriend and was going to kill himself, according to the sheriff’s office.
When deputies arrived at a Camden home in the 500 block of Cleveland School Road at about 2 a.m., Harmon didn’t seem suicidal. He was on the porch, eating potato chips, smoking cigarettes and drinking a beer, the Solicitor’s Office said in the release. Harmon told deputies that Crocker was dead inside the home, according to the release.
Inside the home, deputies found Crocker’s lifeless body with a gunshot wound to the head, the sheriff’s office said.
A 12-gauge shotgun and an empty shell casing were found inside the home, according to the sheriff’s office. A body camera worn by one of the deputies recorded Harmon admitting to killing his girlfriend, the sheriff’s office said.
Harmon claimed that Crocker had the shotgun first, saying the weapon fired during a struggle, the Solicitor’s Office said in the release. Information about why the then 28-year-old Harmon and his teen girlfriend, who the sheriff’s office said lived with him at the Cleveland School Road home on an “off and on” basis, were fighting and struggling with the gun was not available.
Harmon was taken into custody and on Nov. 16, 2018, he was granted a $150,000 surety bond, the solicitor’s office said. Harmon posted bond that day and soon left South Carolina, according to the release. Harmon was given an electronic monitor when he was released, Kershaw County court records show.
While on the run, Harmon used the alias “Sean Daldry,” the Solicitor’s Office said. He obtained government documents, insurance and vehicle registration under the false identity, according to the release.
In December 2024, the FBI learned “Daldry” was communicating with a 15-year-old runaway in Florida, the Solicitor’s Office said. Agents tracked him to a motel in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he was arrested after a brief chase, according to the release.
Further information about the runaway, and the teen’s status was not available.
Law enforcement confirmed “Daldry” was Harmon through fingerprints, and he was extradited to South Carolina in January 2025, the Solicitor’s Office said.
The case was investigated by the sheriff’s office.
Senior Assistant Solicitor Dale Scott and Assistant Solicitor Michael Bradbury led the prosecution for the Solicitor’s Office. Columbia attorney Jack Swerling was listed as Harmon’s lawyer, court records show.
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This story was originally published September 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM with the headline "Talking with teen runaway leads cops to SC man wanted in murder, official says."
