Philadelphia Homicide Detectives have now charged a second suspect in connection with the murder of Keith Palumbo, an Upper Darby musician and tattoo artist who disappeared back in early February and then turned up dead in a Philadelphia cemetery vault along with a second man.
47 Year Old William Gibson, described by investigators as a prospect in the local Warlocks MC, was charged with abuse of corpse, conspiracy, tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution on Friday. He’s currently being held in the Curran Fromhold Prison in Philadelphia on those charges.
Gibson’s arrest comes in the wake of the arrest of 37 yr old Michael DeLuca, the alleged president of the Chester County Warlocks MC Chapter. He’s been charged with Palumbo’s murder.
Sources say the body of the 36 year old Palumbo was discovered April 3rd inside a cemetery vault at the Mt. Moriah Cemetery off Kingsessing Avenue in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Homicide Detectives, Crime Scene Investigators and the city Fire Department’s Rescue 1 personnel had to roll back a slab to the vault to get to the body. Sources say Palumbo was shot in the head. Police say he disappeared on February 6th.
Police sources also say detectives discovered the body of a second murder victim which appears to have been there for some time. That unidentified individual had also been shot. Sources say the body may be that of another Warlocks MC prospect.
According to investigators, Deluca was arrested on April 12th by police in Wyoming. His Cadillac with tinted windows and Pennsylvania tags was stopped by local police. He was allegedly in possession of a gun. He was booked on local weapons charges and held on the Philadelphia Homicide warrant.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, ATF, has now adopted the gun case in Wyoming, where Deluca is still being held. Court records indicate DeLuca has a prior criminal record for allegedly shooting his then girlfriend in the head back in 2013.
Biker experts say DeLuca has been a member of the Warlocks MC for quite some time now. The Warlocks MC has chapters in Chester Co., Delaware Co. and Philadelphia.
A member of the Palumbo family told Mobtalksitdown.com recently that Keith Palumbo had no affiliation with the Warlocks MC.
Police have not revealed the motive for Palumbo’s murder. Sources say the murder weapon has not yet been recovered. Police are however testing several weapons recovered during the homicide investigation.
The Homicide probe is continuing and more charges are expected.
Detectives have not yet interviewed Deluca in Wyoming. There is no date scheduled for his return to Philadelphia due travel restrictions related to the Coronavirus crisis.
Stayed tuned to Mobtalksitdown.com for updates on this case.
