An armored car guard accused of killing his partner and fleeing with more than $2 million that they had just picked up from a casino admitted the crime to a friend, police documents say.
Pittsburgh police have charged Kenneth J. Konias Jr., 22, with homicide, robbery and theft in the Tuesday heist and killing of armored truck guard Michael Haines, 31, of East McKeesport, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Officials say Konias admitted the crimes in phone calls following the slaying in a Garda Cash Logistics truck.
Haines’ body was found in the back of the truck when company workers went to find out why it had been idling under a Pittsburgh bridge, The Associated Press reported.
"Our belief is that he planned to rob the company, and if he had to kill a guard, he planned to do that," Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "He shot the guy from close range in the back of the head. That's pretty cold-blooded."
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After the slaying, authorities say, Konias phoned a friend and admitted the murder, saying he had enough money to stop working, the newspaper reported, citing the criminal complaint in the case.
"Konias made statements such as, 'My life is over.'... Witness No. 1 then said to Konias, 'What? Did you kill someone?' ... Konias was silent for several seconds and then he answered, 'Yes,' " according to the complaint quoted by the Pittsburgn Tribune-Review.
Konias was apparently unsuccessful in trying to persuade the friend to run off with him, after asking about the extradition laws of Mexico and Canada, the newspaper reported.
Garda Cash Logistics is offering a $100,000 reward in the case. Police say Konias is armed and dangerous, the AP reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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