Glamorous aspiring teacher, 22, met horrific end after crossing paths with stranger on a crime spree, cops say
A young aspiring teacher was shot and killed by a stranger during a horrific home invasion, police say.
Logan Federico was found dead in her friends' home in Waxhaw, North Carolina on Saturday morning as suspect Alexander Dickey, 30, allegedly carried out a days-long crime spree.
Cops said Dickey first broke into another home on the residential neighborhood street and stole several items including a gun, which prosecutors say he used to shoot Federico in the chest as he broke into her friend's home shortly after.
Dickey then stole her credit cards and fled in a stolen car, which was later found abandoned in Saluda, South Carolina, as he ran across state lines, cops said.
A multi-agency manhunt including the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the Columbia Police Department and the Lexington County Sheriff's Office was launched to track down the alleged killer.
Dickey was not caught for almost two days after Federico's body was found, until he was caught setting fire to another home in Gaston, North Carolina on Sunday evening.
He allegedly forced his way into the home before a tense standoff with cops outside the home led him to set the property on fire.
Authorities said Dickey is known as a repeat violent offender with past convictions including for assault, and now faces a slew of charges including murder and robbery related to his alleged multi-day spree.
Dickey was initially hospitalized after the house fire before he was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center, and it is not clear when he will appear in Richland County to face murder charges over Federico's death.
Tributes poured in for Federico as she was identified as the victim of the home invasion shooting, with her father Steven holding a heartbreaking press conference over the weekend.
As he fought back tears, he said: 'I am Logan Federico's father, better known as dad or her hero. Unfortunately that day, I could not be her hero.'
He described his daughter as a hard-working and loving 22-year-old who supported her education by working two jobs.
'She will live on forever, maybe not physically, she will touch people and protect over people,' he said.
'Somehow she will have a huge, huge decision about what kids life and looking over them. She became goal oriented and worked hard.'
Turning his remarks to his daughter's alleged killer, he added: 'You can't kill my spirit.'
Authorities said Dickey (seen in a previous mugshot) is known as a repeat violent offender with past convictions including for assault, and now faces a slew of charges including murder and robbery related to his alleged multi-day spree
Officials said Federico was living in North Carolina but travelled to South Carolina to spend time with her friends.
Investigators said they do not believe her murder was targeted and said she is not believed to have known Dickey.
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