Palmer Man Murdered Woman in West Ward Last Month, Police Say

Khamir De’Lapara, 20, of the will be charged
with criminal homicide in the shooting death
of Amanda Stratford, who was found shot to
death in a green pickup truck parked in the
Peach Street alley near Ferry and South
13th streets in Easton's West Ward
on September 22.
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A man arrested and charged with drug offenses after a raid at a South Side Easton residence early this morning is the person that murdered Amanda Stratford, who was found shot to death in a pickup truck on Peach Street late at night on September 22, police say.

Khamir De’Lapara, 20, of the will be charged with criminal homicide in the case, Easton Police Lieutenant Matt Gerrould said in a media release Friday afternoon. He said the charges came after EPD Crime Unit detectives continued the investigation after a warranted search early this morning at 315 Palmer St. and have determined that De’Lapara shot Stratford resulting in her death.

De’Lapara, of the 2700 block of Victoria Lane in Palmer Township, is expected to be arraigned on charges later today, police said earlier.