Tidewater Police Beat: Man wanted for rape in Delaware found dead in Virginia motel room after stand-off with fugitive squad

Man wanted for rape in Delaware found dead in Virginia motel room after stand-off with fugitive squad

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — All’s well that ends well, is commonly heard when a trial is unneeded due to the final decision of a suspect to end his life. A fugitive task force was tracking down accused rapist and car thief Jawan T. Colson, 30, of Lincoln, Delaware on Jan. 7th and had pinpointed his location to a motel room in Newport News. When he barricaded himself in a motel room, the squad finally entered and found he had hung himself.