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Brother and sister charged in Berks County murder; third suspect surrenders

Published  October 4, 2018 5:17pm EDT
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FOX 29 Philadelphia

READING, Pa. (WTXF) - A brother and sister have been charged in the 2017 murder of 23-year-old Madison Walb in Berks County. A third suspect who was previously on the run has now surrendered.

Berks County District Attorney John Adams announced the charges on Wednesday.

Carmen Morales-Feliciano, 25, has been charged with first- and third-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and criminal conspiracy, among related offenses. Christopher Morales-Feliciano, 22, has been charged with abuse of a corpse and criminal conspiracy, among related charges.

Prosecutors say 26-year-old Christian Carmona-Llanos, helped the siblings dump Walb's body in Heidelberg County, and has since turned himself in to police.

On Oct. 8, 2017, police discovered Walb's body wrapped in a carpet in a field on the side of Riegel Road. A forensic pathologist determined her cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head.

Surveillance footage obtained by police reportedly shows all three suspects transporting Walb's body from an apartment on the 800 block of Franklin Street.

Investigators say a witness, to whom Carmen allegedly confessed pulling the trigger on Walb, corroborated details of Walb's murder, adding that Carmen drove the group to Riegel Road to "throw her away."

Carmen also allegedly admitted to the witness that, after disposing of Walb's body, she returned to the Franklin Street location and opened the "Trap House" to continue selling drugs. Police say surveillance footage captures Carmen involved in numerous hand-to-hand deliveries of a controlled substance before and after Walb's death.

Carmen and Christopher have been in Berks County Prison since late October 2017 on unrelated drug charges.

Carmona-Llanos is charged with abuse of a corpse and criminal conspiracy, among related offenses. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to contact Berks County District Attorney's Detective Unit at 610-478-7171 or Berks County Crime Alert at 877-373-9913.