3rd suspect accused in 2018 homicide; Bethlehem victim was stabbed, burned alive
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
In 2018, 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes was brutally killed. The young man from Bethlehem was repeatedly stabbed then set on fire, his burning body left next to a dumpster near the Parkhurst Apartments on Barbara Street.
A day earlier, investigators say, he had identified three people he feared would kill him. “Save those names. If something happens to me know those 3,” he reportedly said in the Snapchat message.
Two men were charged in 2019 in connection with his slaying. Now, a third also has been charged.
Alkiohn Dunkins, of Allentown, is the latest to face charges of homicide, arson, kidnapping and related counts in Holmes’s death, which prosecutors say was related to gang activity. Dunkins was arraigned Thursday and held without bail.