Accused Willow Grove Craigslist Killer Says He Didn't Do It But Knows Who Did: Report

The Willow Grove man accused of a killing a man after using Craigslist to lure and rob him claimed in court on Thursday that he was innocent, according to a CBS Philly report.

However, Thomas Coffee, 25, added that he knew the man who did do it, the report states.

Taking the stand in his own defense, Coffee explained for over an hour that he only “marketed” the Craigslist ad for an off-road vehicle, according to the report, and that a man named Stead, short for Winstead, committed the murder.

Assistant District Attorney Guy D’Andrea said that Stead was a ”fictional character,” per the report.

Coffee allegedly lured multiple victims by posting an ad for an all-terrain vehicle on Craiglist, and then robbed them at gunpoint, before the killing took place.

On June 26, 2013, Williamstown, New Jersey resident Daniel Cook, 27, answered an Craigslist ad for a dirtbike and met Coffee on that Friday night in the area of East Walnut Lane in Philadelphia, police said.

Friends that were with Cook said that he got out of his car and walked down the street to meet Coffee, and they lost sight of him.

Witnesses in the area later told police they soon heard gunshots.

A 911 call was placed at about 11:14 p.m. that night.

Emergency responders found Cook already dead when they arrived at 11:23 p.m. with gunshot wounds to his face and ankle.

Coffee, of the 1900 block of Lukens Avenue in Abington, which is a Willow Grove mailing address, was traced all the way back to his home by detectives.

Court records show Coffee pled guilty to robbery and possession of an instrument of crime in 2010, according to NBC Philadelphia.