BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A Whitehall Township man who was found guilty in the death of an 18-year-old who was stabbed and set on fire in Bethlehem has been sentenced.
Zahmire Welcome was sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to a secretary with the judge’s office at the Northampton County Courts.
Welcome had been found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit a homicide, and kidnapping to facilitate a felony in connection with the death of Tyrell Holmes.
Holmes, who was 18, was stabbed and set on fire near a dumpster outside an apartment complex in 2018.
Four other charges he was facing (arson causing death, aggravated arson causing bodily injury, possession of an instrument of a crime with intent, and kidnapping to inflict injury or terror) were declared a mistrial because the jury couldn’t agree.
Welcome previously pleaded guilty to a felony robbery charge back in 2018 and spent a few months in jail.
Authorities also accused Yzire Jenkins-Rowe, Alkiohn Dunkins, and Miles Harper in the killing.
Harper pleaded guilty to aggravated arson. Jenkins-Rowe also pleaded guilty in the case.
Dunkins was found guilty by a jury.
They were members of a gang that referred to themselves as “Money Rules Everything,” according to the Pennsylvania AG’s office.