Katherine Emel, inset, placed a GPS tracker in the car her boyfriend was driving and gave his location to the people who later murdered him on Jan. 20, 2024, in Norristown, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, cops say. This surveillance video shows Damon Brantley Jr. allegedly shooting William Carter. (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
A woman placed a GPS tracker in the car her boyfriend was driving and gave his location to one of the men who later robbed and murdered him, according to prosecutors in Pennsylvania .
Katherine Emel, 29, turned herself in on Wednesday and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office charged her with second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy in the death of her boyfriend William Carter. Damon Brantley Jr., 18, Daquan Allen, 29, and Jerry Butler, 28, along with a juvenile are accused of committing the armed robbery and murder of Carter. Brantley is the alleged shooter.
Police in Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia , responded to a shots fired call just before 8 p.m. on Jan. 20. They found Carter suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics pronounced him dead on the scene.