WELLSVILLE, NY — On Monday, New York State Police arrested Dylan L. Coomer, 26, Brandon J. Poehmel, 21, Lawrence C. Haxton III, 34, Howard M. Burroughs, 41 and a 16-year-old juvenile all of Wellsville, NY for Murder. Richelle L. Kyser, 28 of Wellsville, NY was arrested for Tampering with Physical Evidence.
On Tuesday, cops arrested Kristopher Delill, 38 for murder and also arrested a 17-year-old juvenile for assault.
Sunday morning at 10:19 A.M., Troopers out of Amity responded to a found human body off the shore of the Genesee River by Jack Bridge Road in the town of Willing. The body was wrapped in a sheet and plastic garbage bags. The NYSP Forensic Identification Unit (FIU) and the BCI responded to process the crime scene. The Underwater Recovery Unit checked the Genesee River for further evidence. A fingerprint FIU analyzed, tattoos and the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office information as Nicholas A. Burdge, 23 of Wellsville, NY, identified the deceased.
Further investigation by the BCI including area interviews and interviews with family and friends of Burdge lead to the identity of the suspects. Burdge cause of death was from multiple injuries that encompass blunt force and sharp force trauma after the suspects tied him to a chair and beat him repeatedly at a home in the village of Wellsville. The suspects later took Burdge to the Genesee River to dump the body.
Police did not indicate a motive for the killing.
