{"id":444,"date":"2013-02-27T20:24:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2013-02-27T20:24:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:24:11","slug":"tattoos-offer-grisly-commentary-on-murder-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Tattoos provide grisly reminder of murder scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

D.A. says Norristown teen fatally stabbed, burned for $350<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Shakeem L. Carter, 20, is accused of fatally stabbing Kevin S. Allen on Feb. 12.<\/p><\/div>\n

His tattoos included \u201ccutthroat\u201d on his neck and flames on his left hand, images that factored into a grisly homicide, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Two weeks after investigators found \u201ca doorway to hell\u201d in a burning, blood-splattered apartment in North Coventry Township, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrest of Shakeem L. Carter, 20, of Norristown.<\/p>\n

Hogan said police found the body of Kevin S. Allen, 17, in his father’s apartment, which was ablaze in the Hanover Garden complex on East Schuylkill Road on Feb. 12 about 7 p.m. He said Allen was stabbed about 20 times, including across his throat. Carter apparently used cooking oil to ignite the victim\u2019s body and a bedroom mattress, Hogan said.<\/p>\n

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A tattoo on the neck of Shakeem L. Carter, used by authorities to identify him, also describes what he allegedly did to Kevin S. Allen, the 17-year-old homicide victim.<\/p><\/div>\n

Allen, who lived in Norristown, was visiting his father so he could pick up $350 left for him, Hogan said. Instead, the money disappeared, and Allen became the county\u2019s latest homicide victim, Hogan said.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint, police found one bent, bloody knife on the kitchen floor and two knives and two bottles of cooking oil – all blood-stained – outside the apartment. Video from a Septa bus that Allen routinely used to travel from Norristown to Pottstown showed Allen and Carter traveling together at 5:11 p.m., the complaint said.<\/p>\n

At 8:30 p.m., Carter, a father of two, is shown traveling back to Norristown alone, the complaint said, adding that despite cold weather, he is no longer wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt. During an interview with detectives, Carter denied being with Allen, insisting he barely knew him, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

When confronted with images from the bus, Carter admitted lying, but said he never went to the apartment of Carter\u2019s father before terminating the interview, the complaint said. After executing a search warrant at Carter\u2019s residence, police seized a pair of Nike sneakers that appeared to have blood on them, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Detectives also interviewed Biancha Hernandez, the defendant\u2019s live-in girlfriend and mother of his two children. She said Carter told her he was going to Pottstown with Allen the night of the homicide; she said she had no explanation for the cuts and puncture wounds on Carter\u2019s hands, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese injuries were consistent with the defendant using a knife with great force, resulting in incidental injuries to his own hands,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n

After arraignment, Carter was taken to Chester County Prison to await a preliminary hearing on March 21. According to court records, Carter was on probation after having serving a 5- to 12-month prison sentence followed by three years\u2019 probation for a 2011 theft from a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

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