First Murder in Bethlehem in More Than Two Years Happens Where You Thought it Would

I was surprised to learn that there hasn’t been a homicide in Bethlehem in nearly two years! It’s true!

Now, the details are sketchy, however, I’m preettttttyyyy sure that it went something like this:

Murderer: WHERE ARE MY DRUGS/MONEY FOR DRUGS/WOMEN WHO ARE DRUG ADDICTS????

Murder Victim: Shit fool, I don’t know. *runs

Murderer: *Gives Chase *stab stab stab stab

Murder Vicitim: ARgh

Police are investigating the stabbing death of a man early this morning in Bethlehem Housing Authority’s Marvine-Pembroke development.

Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he was called about 3 o’clock this morning to a home on Howard Street, where a man was found dead. He is calling the death a homicide and said it appears to be the result of a personal matter, not a random attack.

Bethlehem police say the man was found face-down partially on the grass and a patio behind a home in the 1300 block of Hilton Street, which faces Howard Street. Police tape is wrapped around four housing units and tied to a teal Honda Civic hatchback.

A woman who lives in the 1300 block of Hilton Street, but would not provide her name, said that her son came in at 1:30 this morning and woke up her and his father, saying “‘Daddy, daddy, there’s a body laying in the yard.’”

The woman called 911. She said she saw the victim lying face-down in the grass, and his cell phone was plugged into an electrical outlet on her patio. She said she does not know the man or how he ended up in her yard, but she will never be able to walk out her back door again. Source

Before you start getting on me. This happened at like 1 a.m. in the Pembroke section of Bethlehem, which is NOTORIOUS for drugs, crime, etc. Odds are they weren’t outside playing pinochole after midnight on a Wednesday.

Does this mean he deserved to get stabbed? I doubt it, but just keep things in perspective. There are a hundred other places that you could be at 1 a.m. on a Wednesday that wouldn’t result in your death. Like a Wal-Mart, for example.