Philadelphia Man Shot Boyfriend in the Neck and Lit His Body on Fire Then Searched ‘Having Sex With Dead Bodies’ Online

A Philadelphia man has been convicted of shooting his boyfriend to death and then setting his body on fire in order to keep people from finding out about their gay relationship.

Prosecutors said that 23-year-old Kylen Pratt searched online for the phrase “having sex with dead bodies” after looking for news coverage about the victim’s body being found by police. . .

Prosecutors said Johnson was in a relationship with Pratt and that he had gone to his home on Feb. 17, where he was shot in the neck with a 9mm gun. Pratt then transported Johnson’s body to a remote area of a park, where he wrapped it in cloth, plastic, and duct tape before lighting it on fire.

Cell phone data placed the victim at Pratt’s home and also Pratt at the park. It also indicated that he searched for “murdering in cold blood,” “having sex with dead bodies,” and “traits of a psychopath.”

“This is an individual who was killed because he was gay and because the man who killed him didn’t want anyone to find out that he was in a relationship with him or he had sex with other men,” said Assistant District Attorney Cydney Pope. “Plain and simple.” (Read more from “Philadelphia Man Shot Boyfriend in the Neck and Lit His Body on Fire Then Searched ‘Having Sex With Dead Bodies’ Online” HERE)

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