Arrest Made In Schuylkill County Double Homicide: State Police

Lamour Curtis Branch was arrested early Wednesday, June 5 for the murders of Angelito Caraballo and Hunter Mock, troopers say.

Top left: Hunter Mock and Angel Caraballo. Bottom left: Pennsylvania State Police. Right: A memorial for Mock and Caraballo in New Philadelphia.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of GoFundMe "Funeral expenses for Hunter Mock" and "Little Angel Caraballo" // Pennsylvania State Police*

Mac Bullock

06/05/2024 10:24 a.m.

"Over the past several months, numerous investigative measures were utilized to identify the individual responsible for the double homicide," state police said Wednesday.

Investigators have said Mock, 18, and Caraballo, 15, had gone to the wooded area in New Philadelphia known as "the Sanchez" to go target shooting with two other people on Oct. 8.

The four "remained in the area for a short period of time" before Mock was fatally shot in the head and Caraballo was stabbed to death, according to authorities.

Branch, 19, of Port Carbon, was denied bail, court records show. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 11.

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