(Up to date as of 12/27/2024 at 4:20 p.m.)
Earlier this month, a Pennsylvania group was left shocked after a son and his mom had been each shot throughout a brutal residence invasion. A city-wide manhunt ensued, however now, the general public is lastly getting some solutions.
In accordance with a police assertion, suspects Kelvin Roberts, 42, and his boss Charles Fulforth, 41, have each been arrested for the homicide of 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and the taking pictures of his 61-year-old mom, Bernadette.
Gaudio was killed throughout a house invasion, and in accordance with officers, he wasn’t the unique goal. In accordance with Montgomery County police, the suspects robbed the mistaken residence after an worker at their junk removing enterprise tipped the duo off about weapons allegedly inside a Bucks County home.
“The motive on this case was to steal weapons and so they merely received the mistaken home,” Montgomery County District Lawyer Kevin Steele mentioned in an announcement. “They went into the mistaken home with dangerous intentions and shot an harmless 61-year-old girl as she lay in her mattress and so they executed her 25-year-old son. And I say executed as a result of Andrew was shot behind the top as he lay down on the ground of his mom’s bed room and he was facedown when that shot to the again of the top got here.”
The Residence Invasion
In accordance with an announcement made by DA’s workplace, officers responded to a 911 name reporting a house invasion. After they arrived to the scene, police discovered Gaudio lifeless and his mom alive however in important situation.
Because the investigation into the house invasion continued, police ultimately discovered dashcam footage which captured a white Hyundai Azera pushed by the suspect— later recognized as 42-year-old Roberts— leaving the scene of the murder, in accordance with the assertion.
Police recovered a jewellery field belonging to Bernadette at a Philadelphia residence linked to the suspects. In accordance with ABC Information, Bernadette’s Jeep Cherokee was additionally stolen through the residence invasion however has now been recovered in West Philadelphia.
“The jewellery field is vital in that it exhibits that they had been in the home, they dedicated a housebreaking, a theft, a house invasion, and we’ve got the proof of that within the jewellery field,” District Lawyer Kevin Steele mentioned, in accordance with CBS Information.
The Hunt
Apparently sufficient, Roberts was already needed by police earlier than the deadly residence invasion. “He’s needed on a theft by receiving stolen property cost out of North Wales. He’s needed for a housebreaking out of Philadelphia,” Steele mentioned.
On Dec. 11, police obtained an arrest warrant for Fulforth, and the next day, he was arrested. In accordance with the police assertion, Fulforth was carrying two baggage with instruments, gun elements and ammunition throughout his arrest. On Dec. 17, Roberts was arrested as properly.
Roberts is charged with first-degree homicide, theft, housebreaking and different associated offenses. He’s being held on the Montgomery County Correctional Facility with out bail.