Philadelphia Police have reported a second arrest in the chilling case of the Fairmount Park double homicide, where two individuals were mercilessly gunned down in what was described as an "execution-style" slaying. The unnamed woman turned herself in, joining Lamar Young and Dale Johnson, who are now both facing murder, conspiracy, and an array of related charges in connection with the crime, FOX 29 reports.
The victims of this heinous crime, identified as 49-year-old Thurston Cooper and 38-year-old Krystina Chambers, were last seen alive on February 29 at Tellups Tavern before their lives were cruelly snatched away. Upon the arrival of the police shortly after 11 p.m., Cooper and Chambers were found by the roadside, deceased. Both of them, parents to four children each, left questions and a deep, unyielding pain among their family members. "What kind of evil do you have inside you that you're going to just execute someone," Krystina Chambers' sister, Daphne, lamented in an interview obtained by 6abc.
Before their abrupt deaths, the victims and the suspects had interacted with each other at the bar, evidently sharing drinks, before they all left together, without any evidence of coercion. Approximately 20 minutes later, their journey ended in tragedy at Fairmount Park. The police were able to track down Young, one of the suspects, on March 4 after images captured by surveillance video were released to the public. Later, Johnson surrendered to the police on Wednesday, NBC Philadelphia said.
No stone has been left unturned by the authorities to uncover the motive behind this dire act, although it has been strongly indicated that the murders were targeted and not random. "I think there was contact between Cooper and Johnson, that Young was not happy about. And that was somewhat resolved, or it was believed it was resolved at the bar, and obviously, it wasn't," Chief Inspector Chris Werner explained, according to a 6abc interview. The families, though grappling with irrevocable loss, have expressed a measure of relief that the perpetrators are now behind bars, ending the immediate threat they posed to society.
