WILMINGTON, DE – Another suspect was indicted for conspiracy to commit kidnapping related to a murder that took place last July. The suspects shot and killed a man then transported him to a Delaware County, Pennsylvania cemetery and dumped his body, which was bound with his hands behind his back.
Now, David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment yesterday charging an additional Wilmington man with conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
“According to the Superseding Indictment, Jamil Salahuddin, 19, Kimon Burton-Roberson, 28, and others conspired to kidnap a victim from a Wilmington residence and transport the victim into Pennsylvania. The victim was found dead hours later. Court documents explain that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head,” Weiss said in a statement today. “The victim also had significant blunt force trauma to his skull. According to court documents, surveillance camera footage and cell phone location records helped to identify the suspects. Court documents also explain that law enforcement located Burton-Roberson’s car days after the kidnapping. Inside, they found bloodstains and a pry bar, both of which had DNA that analysts concluded likely belonged to the victim.
Burton-Roberson was charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a kidnapping in February.
The Department of Justice reported the Superseding Indictment adds Salahuddin as a co-defendant to the conspiracy charge. The Superseding Indictment references additional co-conspirators, both known and unknown to the Grand Jury. This investigation is ongoing and involves close collaboration between FBI, the Yeadon Borough Police Department, and the Wilmington Department of Police.
“Salahuddin and Burton-Roberson are charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, they each face life imprisonment. Burton-Roberson is also charged with a substantive kidnapping offense. If convicted, he faces mandatory life,” Weiss said.