Current News Headlines: Pennsylvania Man Stabs Girlfriend’s 8-Year-Old Son To Death
A homicide parolee identified as Keith Burley, 44, has been apprehended by U.S. Marshals on Tuesday, roughly 10 hours after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son to death and fled to Ohio. The man was arrested without incident in Youngstown after fatally stabbing Mark Edward Mason in New Castle. Police told the Post-Gazette that the couple had gotten into an argument over cellphones when Burley assaulted his girlfriend and hit her near her eye “multiple times.”
Before his capture, according to KDKA. Before the suspect was captured, he was described by authorities as “armed and dangerous.” Police said they initially received a call 10 p.m. Monday regarding a kidnapping and a domestic dispute between Burley and his girlfriend in a vehicle. PennLive reported that the woman’s two children were also in the car at the time. It’s understood the mother exited the vehicle at the New Castle Fire Department to get help. However, Burley drove the children to his friend’s New Castle home, where police said he stabbed Mason to death.
(Photo Credit: WKBN-TV)
UPDATE: US Marhsals in Youngstown, OH just found him walking down Market Street and have arrested him. He is now in custody. He will be extradited to PA to face charges in Lawrence County. Thank you for sharing the photo to help @PAStatePolice and law enforcement find their man.
— Rick Dayton (@rickdayton) July 9, 2019
Three other children—the victim’s 7-year-old brother, a 15-year-old, and 8-year-old—witnessed the slaying, according to KDKA. The children told authorities that Burley exclaimed, “Die!” as he stabbed the boy to death with a “pink camouflaged” knife, a criminal complaint stated.
Burley was reportedly paroled in March following a third-degree murder conviction. State police Trooper James Long told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he was arrested in 1999 and served 18 years in prison for the charge. The outlet noted that he also faced “assault by prisoner” charges in 2002.
#BREAKING: We just did a #live report at 8:55 to break the news that Keith Burley was arrested on Market St in Youngstown Ohio.
Officers quickly left the scene on North Crawford in #NewCastle. An officer yelled out the patrol car window to neighbors & said “they got him!” @KDKA pic.twitter.com/Ox81Y4ESE4
— MEGHAN SCHILLER (@MeghanKDKA) July 9, 2019
According to the girlfriend’s brother, he isn’t sure whether his sister knew of Burley’s criminal history before Monday’s incident. He also claimed that Burley had forced his sister out the car at the firehouse while assaulting her.
“She didn’t have a choice,” he said.
The news outlet report that Burley is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania where he’ll face multiple charges, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, kidnapping, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, and unlawful restraint.
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